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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Gina Gershon says she turned down cult horror franchise over ‘exploitative’ topless scene

Gina Gershon has said she was offered the lead role in the cult classic slasher Friday the 13th Part 2, but declined due to the film’s “exploitative” nude scene.

Gershon, 63, made the revelation in her memoir, AlphaPussy: How I Survived the Valley and Learned to Love My Boobs, published earlier this month. “At the time, those kinds of slasher movies always had girls dying with their breasts exposed,” she wrote.

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