It's Now Clear Why Hollywood Dumped Elizabeth Berkley

Most of the original cast of Saved by the Bell have gone on to do other notable Hollywood projects, but what happened to Elizabeth Berkley after Bayside High? Let's grab a milkshake at The Max and discuss why Hollywood won't cast the actress anymore... and why that might change. We're going to go ahead and get this one out of the way because you already know it. Showgirls. The movie has done star Elizabeth Berkley absolutely zero favors since it's release in 1995. During a 2015 Rolling Stone retrospective on the film's 20th anniversary, director Paul Verhoeven said Berkley was cast for being the only actress they auditioned who could dance but was also, quote, "willing to show full-frontal throughout the film." Verhoeven had never seen Saved by the Bell prior to casting Berkley and admits that he should have, saying: "It's probably true that casting her in a part so different from how American audiences knew her affected the box office. But I didn't know that series, and I had no idea what kind of character she played in it." Nobody really wanted to see Jessie Spano as a stripper. Combine that with an NC-17 rating, and those of you who may have wanted to see it weren't old enough to get in. When all the receipts poured in, Showgirls made $37 million off an estimated $40 million budget. The film has become one of those "it's so bad it's good" cult classics over the years, and it even has a documentary, You Don't Know Nomi. The doc's director Jeffrey McHale told Forbes: "Showgirls succeeds because of the unique nature of its failures, that's what makes it so special." Watch the video to see why It's Now Clear Why Hollywood Dumped Elizabeth Berkley! #Hollywood #Actors #SavedByTheBell Journey of a thousand lapdances | 0:00 Almost too good | 1:30 Surprise! Hollywood is sexist | 2:18 A new stage | 3:23 The Leo lawsuit | 4:59 Bit parts | 6:14 Saved by the Bell rides again | 7:21 Showgirls will never die | 8:37