Kim Cattrall - I Only Did "Porkys" For The Money

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? Sure I believe her. Why else would any woman do Porkys?

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?

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by Anonymousreply 39April 30, 2022 12:36 PM

Sure I believe her. Why else would any woman do Porky’s?

by Anonymousreply 1April 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 Anonymousreply 2April 29, 2022 5:22 PM

Oh yeah? What about....Sins of the Past???

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by Anonymousreply 3April 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 Anonymousreply 4April 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 Anonymousreply 5April 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 Anonymousreply 6April 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 Anonymousreply 7April 29, 2022 5:30 PM

Isn't that why anyone works?

by Anonymousreply 8April 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 Anonymousreply 9April 29, 2022 5:41 PM

Why did she do "Mannequin"? For the brilliant script and talented co-stars?

by Anonymousreply 11April 29, 2022 5:45 PM

Sure.

When you're starting out, you take whatever role you can get.

by Anonymousreply 12April 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 Anonymousreply 13April 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 Anonymousreply 14April 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 Anonymousreply 15April 29, 2022 5:51 PM

[quote]Actors take paycheck roles all the damn time.

That's a damn lie

by Anonymousreply 16April 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 Anonymousreply 17April 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 Anonymousreply 18April 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 Anonymousreply 19April 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 Anonymousreply 20April 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 Anonymousreply 21April 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 Anonymousreply 22April 29, 2022 6:03 PM

The Kim Cattrall is lying troll needs to fuck off.

by Anonymousreply 23April 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 Anonymousreply 24April 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 Anonymousreply 25April 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 Anonymousreply 26April 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 Anonymousreply 27April 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 Anonymousreply 28April 29, 2022 6:08 PM

R27 It wasn't a 'Pussy Parade'. It was a 'Pussy Stampede'!

by Anonymousreply 29April 29, 2022 6:19 PM

This woman sounds insufferable and makes SJP seem like gallops of fun in comparison.

by Anonymousreply 30April 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.

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by Anonymousreply 31April 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 Anonymousreply 32April 29, 2022 7:46 PM

She was known for blowing Pierre Trudeau.

by Anonymousreply 33April 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 Anonymousreply 34April 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 Anonymousreply 35April 30, 2022 11:08 AM

What did Howard get her to say about Sarah?

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by Anonymousreply 37April 30, 2022 12:32 PM

Isn't this true for every person working?

I only work for the money too.

by Anonymousreply 38April 30, 2022 12:35 PM

why did she do the Brady Bunch movie?

by Anonymousreply 39April 30, 2022 12:36 PM

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