Gina Gershon Bisexual, “First of all, it’s so short-sighted to say this is a lesbian movie. Gina Gershon has recalled being warned by former agents that if she played a lesbian, she would “never work again. ” The 62-year-old actor Gershon said her agents told her specifically that she "can't play a lesbian" as it would tank her career, even though she was a fan of the "well Gershon attended the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School in New York, working first with David Mamet and later with Harold Guskin and Sandra Seacat, whom she has described in interviews as "a huge influence. " Her first professional acting was in stage productions of Camille and The Substance of Fire. It's a lesbian, and you just played a In a recent interview on the It Happened In Hollywood podcast, hosted by Hollywood Reporter senior writer Seth Abramovitch, Gershon says her agents She portrayed the role of a bisexual stripper in Showgirls in 1995 alongside Elizabeth Berkley and Kyle MacLachlan. Gina Gershon looks back at becoming a queer icon with her roles in "Bound" and "Showgirls," what it was like working with Nicolas Cage on Gina Gershon recalled in an interview alongside 'Bound' costar Jennifer Tilly that her agent told her she'd 'never work again' if she took the role of a Gina Gershon says agent told her playing a lesbian would ‘ruin’ her career Gershon is considered a gay icon for her work in ‘Bound’ and 1995’s Gina Gershon recently said on the “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast (via People) that she was warned against starring in 1996’s “Bound” by her agents because the role was a lesbian Gina Gershon says agent told her playing a lesbian would ‘ruin’ her career Gershon is considered a gay icon for her work in ‘Bound’ and 1995’s Gina Gershon recently said on the “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast (via People) that she was warned against starring in 1996’s “Bound” by her agents because the role was a lesbian The sultry rocker chick who became a bona fide gay icon by playing a bisexual vamp in Showgirls and by butching out in Bound and Prey for Rock & Gina Gershon Showgirls Gershon starred as Cristal Connors/Chrissie Lou Connors in Showgirls in 1995. ’. Cristal is a sexually charged Las Vegas showgirl who works Speaking with IndieWire for the Criterion Collection DVD release of 'Bound,' Gina Gershon talked Jennifer Tilly, LGBTQ Rights, . She is one of the founding members of the New York-based theater group Naked Angels For it was fourteen years after her movie debut that Gina made movie history as Anyway, as Gershon reveals on the podcast, she was super excited When the script for "Bound" was sent to us, my agents were pretty clear saying, "Listen, you are not doing this movie. She co-starred with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in Face/Off in Gina Gershon recently said on the “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast (via People) that she was warned against starring in 1996’s “Bound” by her agents because the role was a lesbian “They’re like, ‘You can’t play a lesbian because you just won’t be able to work at all. 1obl dvoq3 7rwg4 1mluv vzkmu klx0n byg2u icbda h5pv 8v2kq7