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Gina Gershon Says ‘Small-Minded’ Agents Told Her ‘You Can’t Play a Lesbian’ in ‘Bound’ Because ‘You Will Never Work Again’ and Ruin Your Career
Gina Gershon says her agents warned her not to play a lesbian in "Bound" because it would ruin her career.
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 character. The actor remembered her agents telling her specifically that she “can’t play a lesbian” because it would tank her Hollywood career. Gershon starred in “Bound” as Corky, an ex-con who starts a relationship with the girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly) of a mafioso boss.
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