Demi Moore reflects on her controversial work in the 90s

Demi Moore reminisced about her controversial work in the late 90s.

In chat with Interview MagazineThe 61-year-old actress revised her 1996 statement to the magazine, reflecting on the public's reaction to her controversial films as well as her 1991 Vanity Fair cover.

For her 1996 film stripteaseMoore received a paycheck of $12.5 million, making her the highest-paid actress in Hollywood at the time.

At the time, she told the broadcaster that she was very proud of her work, “because it could have happened to anyone.”

“What I was trying to say is that it just so happened to happen to me, but more importantly, it happened,” Moore said, returning to her 1996 quote.

“It was a game changer for women to basically earn the same amount, but it was reduced to the idea that it was worth less because I was playing a stripper,” she continued.

Referring to the audience reaction to striptease and 1997 GI Jane She remarked: “For me [Striptease] was about a mother trying to survive and provide for her child, and it turned out that stripping was a means to an end.”

“Because I made two films in a row, striptease and then GI Janeand at the same time there was all this press about me becoming the highest paid actress. I think that in some ways one film was seen as a betrayal of women and another was seen as a betrayal of men. At that point, they just weren't willing to let that win. I just happened to be the symbol that held it at that moment,” Moore explained.

She also mentioned that she had no idea that her infamous 1991 cover, which featured her seven months pregnant, “would have such an impact.”