{"id":635670,"date":"2026-10-04T01:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T01:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/635670\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T01:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T01:16:13","slug":"demi-moore-on-the-hit-she-took-for-striptease-record-breaking-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/635670\/","title":{"rendered":"Demi Moore on the \u2018Hit\u2019 She Took for \u2018Striptease\u2019 Record-Breaking Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Striptease follows a former FBI secretary who becomes a stripper to take care of her daughter. The 1996 movie starring <a data-ylk=\"slk:Demi Moore;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/intouchweekly.com\/tags\/demi-moore\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Demi Moore<\/a> continues to be controversial, and she addressed the backlash she received in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think the interesting piece is that when I became the highest-paid actress \u2013 why is it that, at that moment, the choice was to bring me down?&#8221; Moore, 63, asked in <a data-ylk=\"slk:The New York Times&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/14\/magazine\/demi-moore-interview.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times&#8217;<\/a><a data-ylk=\"slk:The Interview;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/14\/magazine\/demi-moore-interview.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> The Interview<\/a>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t take this personally. I think anyone who had been in the position that was the first to get that kind of equality of pay would probably have taken a hit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Ghost star was <a data-ylk=\"slk:paid $12.5 million for the role;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/intouchweekly.com\/demi-moore-believes-career-resurgence-worth-the-sacrifice-excl\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">paid $12.5 million for the role<\/a>, which became part of the conversation about the fight for women to receive equal pay in their field. Moore became the highest-paid actress with this salary, but she didn&#8217;t appreciate the framing of her salary. The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Juror were the other movies that were released the same year.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;span class=&quot;wp-desc-text&quot;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Spread Pictures \/ MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/in_touch_weekly_articles_766\/6d28cf3f32f8c132d83ab9d049275f78.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think language is really important. And I think when we look at something as a fight, I think againstness breeds againstness. So I don&#8217;t think that I was looking at it as fighting for something,&#8221; she explained at the Step Up&#8217;s 2026 Inspiration Awards, according to <a data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/demi-moore-on-breaking-90s-pay-gap-i-earned-it-12145805\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE<\/a>. It also didn&#8217;t help that she was portraying for a stripper for the high-paying role and the movie was panned by critics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zoe Salda\u00f1a is currently the highest-paid actress after earning $15.47 billion, according to <a data-ylk=\"slk:The Numbers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/box-office-star-records\/worldwide\/lifetime-acting\/top-grossing-leading-stars\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Numbers<\/a>. It helps that she has roles in multiple successful franchises, such as <a data-ylk=\"slk:Avatar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/intouchweekly.com\/sam-worthington-was-hollywoods-next-big-star-then-he-stepped-away-before-turning-50\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Avatar<\/a>, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Star Trek. Salda\u00f1a, 48, won her first Oscar for best supporting actress in Emilia P\u00e9rez. Oscars can result in higher pay for actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a data-ylk=\"slk:Demi Moore on the &#039;Hit&#039; She Took for &#039;Striptease&#039; Record-Breaking Salary;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/intouchweekly.com\/demi-moore-on-the-hit-she-took-for-striptease-record-breaking-salary\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Demi Moore on the &#8216;Hit&#8217; She Took for &#8216;Striptease&#8217; Record-Breaking Salary<\/a> first appeared on <a data-ylk=\"slk:InTouch Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/intouchweekly.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">InTouch Weekly<\/a>. 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