after a difficult childhood marred by casesof alcoholism and suicide in the family, demi moore left behind her life in a new mexicotrailer park in pursuit of the bright lights of tinsel town. three decades and three husbands later, moore'sname is known the world over, but her face is rarely seen anymore. considering her undeniable talent and herimpressive acting resume, demi moore should be headlining blockbuster movies every year. instead, she seems to only be appearing inbelow-the-radar projects — when she appears at all.
so what happened? press pressure moore has had a feisty relationship with thepress right from the get-go. the actress has battled with the media overher public image on countless occasions over the course of her career, even during herearliest years in showbiz. "and we didn't anticipate press being thereso we weren't prepared. so we were walking to our car and there wereso many flashes going off we couldn't even see where we were walking." the stunning young starlet first came to theattention of audiences as a member of the
so-called brat pack, starring in '80s coming-of-ageclassics like st. elmo's fire and about last night. trouble was, she hated being labeled as abrat, even if it was meant as a status symbol. at the time, she complained, "i find it embarrassing, hateful and demeaning. the man who wrote that seems jealous becausewe are young and talented, so he filled the article with lies. he implied we all hate each other." box office boom...to bust
unlike some of her brat pack buddies, moore'scareer was still going strong as the '90s rolled around, becoming one of the biggeststars in the world with her performance opposite the clay-molding spirit of patrick swayzein ghost. things took a turn for the worse at the midpointof the decade, however, once the scarlet letter barely managed to claw back a fifth of itsbudget. "in my opinion, good things come and go justlike bad things come and go." then, the razzie-favorite striptease becamehollywood slang for box office bomb after a horrible performance the very next year,and g.i. jane was a resounding disappointment at thebox office as well.
things only got worse as the years tickedon, with 2010's the joneses representing rock bottom for the former star as far as theaterreceipts go. the film only managed an embarrassing $1,355per screen average in its second weekend. salary suspension it might seem hard to believe now, but atone point moore was hollywood's highest paid female performer. after the success of ghost, the raven-hairedactress negotiated an eye watering $12.5 million paycheck for striptease. so when that film flopped hard, the generalconsensus was that moore was not worth the
money. she didn't see it that way, however — andneither did ridley scott. the director signed off on an $11 millionpay packet so she would star in g.i jane. that would be the last eight figure sum shewould receive, as studios became wise to her salary demands, especially after she startedto gain a reputation as an unbearable diva behind the scenes. the media started nicknaming her "gimme moore,"highlighting the crazy and often ridiculous requests the actress was said to have beenmaking of movie studios. she once asked for a private plane to transporther from her secluded idaho home to new york
city and then reportedly demanded that sonyswap it for a larger one just so that she didn't have to stack her luggage. talk about a ridiculous rider. for her part, moore has defended her notorioustantrums as her just being a perfectionist. "i don't understand why it's so difficultto confirm appointments." "i know i'm so sorry miranda, i actually conf.." "tales of your incompetence do not interestme." sex symbol slump in her younger days, demi moore once said,"the quickest route to power for an actress
in hollywood is to hook yourself up to someonewho can put you in a good position, and make yourself a sex object." that approach might have worked at the time,but even the best looking actresses can only bank on being pure eye candy for so long. the older moore got, the more she tried tohang on to her good looks, reportedly turning to plastic surgeons for help. various tabloid reports claimed the ageingactress spent as much as $400,000 on a full body makeover that included collagen injectionsin her lips, porcelain caps on her teeth and liposuction on her stomach, thighs, and bottom.
when asked about the sudden differences inher appearance, moore flat-out denied she had ever gone under the knife, telling reportersin paris that she didn't like "the idea of having an operation to hold up the aging process…the scalpel won't make you happy." but that was at odds with what many expertsnoticed about her appearance. even despite her alleged surgical intervention,though, moore has gone from a precocious twenty-something to middle age before america's eyes and hasblamed ageism for her reduced starpower of late. when she hit 44, she opened up about how difficultit was to be a middle-aged woman in the film industry, saying,
"it's been a challenging few years, beingthe age i am. almost to the point where i felt like, well,they don't know what to do with me. i am not 20. not 30. there aren't that many good roles for womenover 40. a lot of them don't have much substance, otherthan being someone's mother or wife." ​breakup blues while moore recovered well after her publicizeddivorce from bruce willis, she has seemingly struggled to keep it together since her six-yearmarriage to ashton kutcher came crashing down.
trouble was brewing amid allegations thather much younger husband had been cheating on her with women closer to his own age. the final straw came when 22-year-old part-timemodel sara leal spilled the beans about sleeping with kutcher on his and moore's wedding anniversary,prompting the actress to release a statement confirming their split. she said, "as a woman, a mother and a wife there arecertain values and vows that i hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that i have chosento move forward with my life." ​family squabbles
moving forward has proven difficult for moore,and family troubles have only added to her isolation in recent years. the actress relied heavily on the three daughtersshe had with willis in the aftermath of her very public separation from kutcher. but she was said to have been contacting themso regularly that they reportedly considered taking out a restraining order against her. "you know what? life is life and it's messy and it's complicatedand you know what? it takes guts"
perhaps part of that distance is owed to thefact that moore has once again faced substance abuse issues in recent years. in 2012, she was reportedly rushed to hospitalafter allegedly suffering a seizure when high on laughing gas and prescription pills. not all press is good press moore was briefly back in the headlines in2015, though for all the wrong reasons. in july of that year a 21-year-old man attendeda party at moore's beverly hills home and drowned after falling into her 10-foot-deepswimming pool while drunk. the actress was away visiting family at thetime of the accident, but the fact that a
wild party had led to a death on her premisesonly reinforced studio fears that she was a liability. comeback? demi moore returning to hollywood isn't onlypossible — it is totally in the cards for 2017. a source close to the star revealed to radaronline she's running low on money and has decided to take her recent casting in hitfox show empire and turn it into a full-blown comeback. the source revealed that she's currently lookingat new scripts and,
"she knows that she needs to get back intothe game to survive and has rehired her team of managers and agents to help her with anotherbig break." looks like we'll have more moore sooner thananyone would've guessed… "exciting, isn't it?" thanks for watching! click the nicki swift icon to subscribe toour youtube channel. plus check out all this cool stuff we knowyou'll love, too!
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