Courtney-Thorne Smith is recalling a very tough second on a film set when she was a younger actress.
The Melrose Place alum, 56, defined to her former costars Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton on the Sunday, Sept. 22 episode of the trio’s podcast Still the Place that early in her profession, she had an inappropriate encounter with a director.
“Certainly one of my first films, I used to be 17 years previous, and I used to be in Tahoe. And the storyline was, I used to be 17, and I used to be taking part in towards this man who was in his late thirties,” Thorne-Smith stated. “We did sleep collectively within the script, and I wore one among his button-down shirts afterward.”
Nevertheless, Thorne-Smith remembered arriving on the set and discovering “a extremely attractive negligee” in her room. Uncomfortable with the costume and feeling “trapped” by the scenario, she known as out to the director that the lingerie was not within the script. “And he stated, “Nicely, it would not matter. It would not matter,’” she recalled earlier than noting she had a “no nudity clause.”
“Then I stated, ‘The best way it is minimize, one thing will present,’” she recalled. “And I additionally had this mindset of I am 17 with an [older] man. Like I knew it was type of off, however the shirt made it really feel alright.”
However Thorne-Smith was persistent about not sporting the lingerie and informed Zuniga and Leighton that one producer informed her the crew was speaking about her refusal and saying she was “being a child.”
She then known as her agent, who got here to the set in Lake Tahoe and supported her choice, and was “100% on [her] facet.” Thorne-Smith remarked that she was grateful for this, particularly after studying in regards to the MeToo motion and younger girls being arrange by brokers to satisfy with Hollywood executives in resort rooms.
She claimed that manufacturing was placing “stress” on her and was “livid” as a result of she did in the end put on the unique scripted costume of the person’s shirt.
As Thorne-Smith continued, she alleged that the producer “lied in regards to the crew.” She stated, “Each single member of the crew got here up and stated, ‘Good for you,’” including, “Thank god that they had my again.”
“I am so grateful I had that potential to face up for myself at that age,” she concluded. “I am amazed, really. I had that potential at that age.”
Thorne-Smith’s first film credit embody the 1986 cult traditional Lucas, which additionally starred Winona Ryder, Charlie Sheen, and Corey Haim, in addition to the dramedy Welcome to 18, which featured Mariska Hargitay. On the small display screen, she appeared on In keeping with Jim and Ally McBeal.
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