Elizabeth Berkley truly thought she’d win an Oscar for ‘Showgirls’ flop
nypost.comattended a “Showgirls” screening at the Academy Museum’s David Geffen Theater in LA, where a crowd of 1,200 gave her a standing ovation at the sold-out event.
Addressing the audience, she said that after she got cast in the 1995 movie, she asked her agent if there was a chance she might be nominated for an Oscar for the part. “Every girl in Hollywood had fought for this role,” she said. “So it was not a strange thing to ask.”“So tonight I’d like to thank the Academy … Museum,” Berkley quipped.“Showgirls” was a critical and commercial flop.
A box office bomb, it made around $37 million against a $45 million budget. The movie follows a mysterious young drifter, Nomi Malone (Berkley), who begins working as a strip club dancer in Las Vegas and tries to ascend to the top of the world of Vegas showgirls.
She makes friends with Molly (Gina Ravera), who works at a hotel, and Cristal (Gina Gershon), a dancer who shows her the ropes, and gets a boyfriend, Zack (Kyle MacLachlan).
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