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The parts have been plentiful, and
Gershon is hot — the substance of
fire, which also happens to be the
actual title of a Jon Robin Baitz play
she once starred in. Gershon has been
adventurous in her pick of roles, from
Face/Offto Red Heat to the aforemen-
tioned Showgirls and Bound.
This fall she's bound to give off
even more heat, starring in The
Insider, a feature film about a whistle-
blower in the tobacco industry, a true
story that led to a scandal that socked
Sixty Minutes.
This minute, Gershon, who comes
from a Conservative Jewish back-
ground, looks demure and delicate
without "de attitude" of characters
past and present. "I don't consciously
try to take roles that make me appear
tough," says the actress, who once
starred as Nancy "These Boots Are
Made for Walkin'" Sinatra in a mini-
series about the late, legendary Frank
Sinatra.
In notes about her character, it's
mentioned that Hall likes to "color
outside the lines." Does that please
Gershon's palette in real life, too?
"I look for fun, exciting, strange
characters," she says. "[Hall's] a little
bit outside the law. She's a
bit of a renegade, a bit
of an outlaw. "
Gershon seems
our there herself:
"I'm not very good at
listening to rules
myself, so I could
kind of relate to her,
the actress says. "I
just think I have a
complex when it
comes to authori-
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I have it on
good authority
— series cre-
ator/executive
producer Kelley
— that
Gershon's part
was actually
written for a
man, which is
ironic given
Gershon's gift
for playing sul-
try and sexy
— and sassy.
She feels
particularly
sassy now as
the question"
is brought up:
What did

Showgirls — that awful film about
those dancers in Las Vegas that proved
snake eyes at the box office — do for
her career?
Did it make her feel like leaving
Las Vegas or Hollywood — behind
for a while? Actually, says the actress,
Showgirls "was great for me. I had a
great time, and it only helped me."
Truer stuff couldn't be said;
Gershon strutted off with rave notices
to show for her work in Showgirls. As
she did for Bound, which had some
critics predicting the actress was
bound for greatness. That film, she
says, "was, ironically enough, like this
part" in Snoops — meant for a man.
For some reason, I end up playing
the mans roles, whatever that means,
says Gershon.
Maybe it's just that the mean streets
of Hollywood can't decide how to cast
her. Whatever the role, maybe
Gershon's "reel" appeal lies in her
beauty to turn beasts into real-life
rogues, to turn round characterizations
into ones with edges.
Which is why her film appearance
in Guinevere, opening in theaters
today, seems so appropriate:
Gershon co-stars in the film based
on the woman of legend who lanced a
lot of expectations with one romantic
misdeed; her "knight" of
passion set King Arthur's
Round Table on edge.
But this is more a
modern-day damsel in
a distressing situation,
who is bilked blind
emotionally by a rogu-
ish photographer, a
predator with promis-
es, wooing his
women — his
Guineveres — with
a vengeance to
fulfill their artis-
tic potential.
The seductive
actress doesn't need
help from out-
siders; she's fulfill-
ing her plentiful
potential all by
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