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Saying "I'm a theater actress who does the classics and Shakespeare"
But I also need to pay the rent - so I only did Porky's & Police Academy "For The Money" to pay my rent
Do you believe her?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 39 | April 30, 2022 12:36 PM |
Sure I believe her. Why else would any woman do Porky’s?
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 29, 2022 5:20 PM |
Exactly- you don't do those films for any other reason. They aren't art. The parts aren't good. Neither one of them seemed like they would be the huge breakout hits they actually became. Why wouldn't she do them for the money?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 29, 2022 5:22 PM |
Oh yeah? What about....Sins of the Past???
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | April 29, 2022 5:23 PM |
I honestly don't buy her story - because Porky's was a low-budget money and she wouldn't have been paid much
If she was true about her convictions, she would have done TV guest spots. instead of a movie like "Porky's"
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 29, 2022 5:25 PM |
[quote]If she was true about her convictions, she would have done TV guest spots. instead of a movie like "Porky's"
How many TV guest spots was she offered at the time, r4?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 29, 2022 5:27 PM |
No. There are plenty of actors who make a solid living just doing Shakespeare at festivals around the country and the world.
But they're not wealthy or famous. Taking a role in a stupid, low-brow comedy can -- if it's a success, and Porky's was a huge hit -- lead to more high-profile roles, which results in greater wealth and fame.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 29, 2022 5:28 PM |
[quote] How many TV guest spots was she offered at the time
Considering in that interview she was bragging about being in "Tribute" and award-winning movie, she would have a better shot a TV guest spots than a lead in a feature film
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 29, 2022 5:30 PM |
Isn't that why anyone works?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 29, 2022 5:39 PM |
You're grasping at straws r7. She said she needed money for her RENT. Yes Porkys was a low-budget movie but how much was her rent in 1980? $300? You're also assuming she was bombarded with tv spot offers in 1980. The only people who could know that for sure are Kim Cattrall and her manager at the time. I don't think there's anything remotely far fetched about her story. Actors take paycheck roles all the damn time.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 29, 2022 5:41 PM |
Why did she do "Mannequin"? For the brilliant script and talented co-stars?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 29, 2022 5:45 PM |
Sure.
When you're starting out, you take whatever role you can get.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 29, 2022 5:48 PM |
[quote] You're also assuming she was bombarded with tv spot offers in 1980
That is what auditions are for
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 29, 2022 5:48 PM |
[quote] When you're starting out, you take whatever role you can get.
But she said in the interview she WAS NOT just starting out. She just did this big movie called "Tribute" that was getting all these awards and she was getting all this visibility
Then she turns around and says she had to do Porky's "For the money"
and then she later says she is losing all these parts to Michelle Pefiffer because she has become "Sexualized"
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 29, 2022 5:50 PM |
Miss Theatuh Actress has an impressive theatrical résumé, however, that is not what she is known for. No matter how many times she reminds us she's a classically trained actress, we'll always remember her for SATC, Mannequin, and Star Trek.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 29, 2022 5:51 PM |
[quote]Actors take paycheck roles all the damn time.
That's a damn lie
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 29, 2022 5:51 PM |
I believe her. Porky's was out 100 years ago and Kim's career was just starting. Frankly, I enjoyed both Porky's and Police Academy.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 29, 2022 5:52 PM |
[quote] Porky's was out 100 years ago and Kim's career was just starting.
But she contradicts herself saying she did "Tribute" and that was a BIG movie (according to her) and was winning all these awards
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 29, 2022 5:53 PM |
[quote] But she contradicts herself saying she did "Tribute" and that was a BIG movie (according to her) and was winning all these awards
She also did "Ticket to Heaven" right after "Tribute" and had "Scruples" on her resume. So the notion she was "just starting out" is a misnomer, as it wasn't like she never made a movie or had TV guest spot. She was more fortunate than other struggling actresses.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 29, 2022 5:57 PM |
Her FIRST movie was called Rosebud. She and some other girls are kidnapped on a boat by Palestinians and forced to strip naked.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 29, 2022 6:02 PM |
All actors are narcissists. They will do anything for attention and approval. My sister in law is an actress. She has done some dreadful shit while claiming it was brave and challenging work.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 29, 2022 6:03 PM |
Tribute was a flop. It got some acting nominations for Jack Lemmon (hammy and underserved) but that doesn't mean she got any traction off of it.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 29, 2022 6:03 PM |
The Kim Cattrall is lying troll needs to fuck off.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 29, 2022 6:05 PM |
If "Porky's" was her first movie and she didn't know what she was getting into, I could buy that. But this wasn't her first film
If she said she thought this was going to be a screwball comedy like a film from the 1950s and turned out differently, I could buy that argument
But for her to say, I only did it for the money, I don't buy. Because right after "Porky's" she did additional guest appearances on TV shows and did a TV pilot.
If would be more honest for her to take ownership and say she did the film to further her career in features - and that it actually did a disservice and halted her career in features.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 29, 2022 6:05 PM |
[quote] that doesn't mean she got any traction off of it.
In the interview above she says she DID get traction off of it.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 29, 2022 6:06 PM |
[quote]But for her to say, I only did it for the money, I don't buy. Because right after "Porky's" she did additional guest appearances on TV shows and did a TV pilot.
Why *did* she do it then, r24?
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 29, 2022 6:06 PM |
I saw that movie. So, was Kim one of the gals in the 'Pussy Parade' dancing in the bar?
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 29, 2022 6:07 PM |
R26 she wanted to further her career in features - but it actually put a stop to her career in features and forced her to go back to TV
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 29, 2022 6:08 PM |
R27 It wasn't a 'Pussy Parade'. It was a 'Pussy Stampede'!
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 29, 2022 6:19 PM |
This woman sounds insufferable and makes SJP seem like gallops of fun in comparison.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 29, 2022 6:25 PM |
Per above, her first credited screen role is in Rosebud, released in 1975. She then has 25 credits before Porky's (1981), among them a ton of TV guest spots -- Quincy, ME; Logan's Run; Switch; The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew; Columbo; The Paper Chase; Family; The Incredible Hulk; How the West Was Won; Vega$; Charlie's Angels; Trapper John, MD -- then Scruples in 1979. She was able to pay the rent.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 31 | April 29, 2022 7:07 PM |
R30, I got that impression when she (Cattrall) turned up on an interview show (perhaps it was with Barbara Walters), where she kept highlighting her British-ness, as if that made her special or gave her prestige. Then she went on a press tour where she kept pitching Nikon cameras instead of the movie or tv project she was supposed to be promoting.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 29, 2022 7:46 PM |
She was known for blowing Pierre Trudeau.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 29, 2022 7:48 PM |
I like her, but most of her work is far from Shakespeare. And really, there wasn't a huge difference in her Honeywell character in Porky's and Sex in the City's Samantha. Honeywell was more modest and less slutty overall, actually. Lots of actors looking down on some of the work that they don't care for and can feel compelled to put on airs.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 30, 2022 10:38 AM |
She was beautiful when young, but Kim has never been a great actress. She may have done Shakespeare but that doesn't mean she did it well.
How does that affected, breathy delivery of hers even work onstage? They'd have to mic her.
As somebody else said, 99% of us take jobs for the money. Don't know why actors feel they should be exceptions.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 30, 2022 11:08 AM |
What did Howard get her to say about Sarah?
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by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 30, 2022 12:32 PM |
Isn't this true for every person working?
I only work for the money too.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 30, 2022 12:35 PM |
why did she do the Brady Bunch movie?
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