Could Kim Basigner have a renaissance in her acting career and make a big comeback in Hollywood?

She has agoraphobia (afraid to leave the house.) I think that limits the roles she takes.

That ship passed after LA Confidential.

She could hardly move her face in that Fifty Shades movie I saw. Turkey neck with smooth, mannequin face.

It was creepy to watch.

She's been out of the game forever it seems like. I think she is great when cast in the right part, but she doesn't have a huge range. I've always liked her though.

r1 I was not aware of that!😲

r2 Wasn't she much lauded for her role in LA Confidential?

No. She's a lousy actress with limited range.

It's rare for actors (especially women) to have career renaissances in their middle-age. Michelle Pfeiffer managed to do it in her late-50s, but she's also an exponentially better actress than Kim. Kim is also almost 70 at this point, plus she is riddled with mental health problems.

r7 By mental health problems are you meaning more than her agoraphobia?

I’m nearly 40 years old and I still haven’t figured out: Is it “Baa-sin-jur” or “Bay-singer?”

She's too busy staying at home, rubbing her hands together, and cackling maniacally while watching the downfall of Alec and "Hilaria".

That gives her more satisfaction than any movie role or award every could!

Not many people like her, she was a real cunt back in the day. The media excused Alec's poor behavior, but not hers.

r10 Oh is the bad blood and shade between them that serious?

R12, are you serious? It’s been alleged Alec was emotionally and physically abusive throughout their marriage. They did not have an amicable divorce.

R8 she has said before that she is pathologically shy, to the point that she would pass out in school if the teacher called on her in class. I don't know what kind of mental health issue that is, but it's something; that, plus the agoraphobia. The two are probably interconnected.

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Ryan Murphy would be a good fit for her.

She did that dreadful Fifty Shades movie a few years ago.

She had that scandal back in the day for supposedly buying a town that went under or some shit.

She’s on Instagram. I have a soft spot for her. She’s seems nice enough.

She’s never blown me away as an actress but I find her inherently likable.

She sang a bit too.

Her and Demi were alike in some ways. They both had successful careers in Hollywood and were both married to equally famous men.

I can’t imagine what it must have been like being married to Alec Baldwin. Yikes!

Why would someone so pathologically shy go into modeling and then acting? It doesn't make sense.

R22 She probably developed that pathology after fame and a few close encounters. I’m sure she has some stories to tell.

r13 I knew it was an acrimonious divorce but I wasn't aware of the details.

r16 A good suggestion me thinks.

The world is still waiting for "The Divorcing Woman", a belated but hilarious sequel to her Razzie nominated "The Marrying Man".

r26 Do I detect sarcasm?!😁😉

I think she can be very good depending on the role. She can be quite a good comedic actress (Nadine, Blind Date) and drama (9 1/2 Weeks, L.A. Confidential).

She always bored me to tears any time I saw her on TV or in the movies.

R9, it's Bay-singer

She followed up LA Confidential with a string of flops

r31 Just flops commercially or flops critically as well?

She used to come into a restaurant I worked at in New York in the early 2000s alone almost daily. Drank Pinot Grigio on ice usually 3 or 4 glasses. Always tipped $50 dollars. Very nice and polite but very much to herself.

r32, from what I remember they bombed critically and commercially

Thanks for clarifying r34

Her performance in L.A. Confidential is no more than competent. It certainly wasn't Oscar-worthy compared to Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights.

I did like her as Eminem's mom in 8 Mile.

I can’t believe SHE has an Oscar.

Julianne was the definite standout in the category but at least that ghastly old lady from Titanic didn't win. The whole movie was terribly acted from top to bottom. Billy Zane, the mustache twirling villain, Kathy Bates as a sassy fat Molly Brown that didn't really exist with that characterization, Winslet a fine actress at her worst reciting the most insipid corny lines and man child playing dress up DiCaprio. It's seriously insulting it won so many Oscars for what was essentially a technical achievement. Not a creative one.

Cant act and still resembles a dude!

R38 well it was one hell of a technical achievement and a massive hit. People didn’t go to see Titanic multiple times for the writing or acting. I had no qualms with its Oscar take. LA Confidential would’ve been a great best pic winner ordinarily. Two great films, but it depends what you prefer in your best pic winner. Kim was a weak best supporting actress winner, but I think the Boxing Helena lawsuit, plus a pretty face proving she can act cemented her win.

This woman was NEVER an actress.

The Sweet Hereafter was my favorite film of 1997 and LAC would be second but i would've preferred Sarah Polley have won BSA for her devastating work in the film. I think Roger Ebert tried to stump for her in the Memo To Th Academy specials they used to do.

How the fuck does she have an Oscar? I've had 8 nominations, no award and can act.

This bimbo can barely deliver dialogue.

She and Sharon Stone were like living barbies in the 90s.

r13 Alec Baldwin was physically abusive to just about anyone that crossed his path. He got into lots of fights and tried to start more. Definitely beat the shit out of KB.

Baldwin was not only physically abusive but very mentally and verbally abusive as well. Alec Baldwin has never met a person he doesn't abuse in some way. He fights and makes up with his oldest daughter almost monthly

[quote] Definitely beat the shit out

I hope she was near a toilet at the time.

It's amazing that Alec still has a career. I mean, I do like his acting and enjoy his films, but if other people have been canceled, he definitely a top contender for cancellation.

I remember when he and Basinger made The Marrying Man. They were in the news every day, and this was pre-Internet and social media. The trials and tribulations on that film were documented daily, articles in Premiere and Movieline and I think even Entertainment Tonight covered all the drama. It hurt both of their careers for a while. Basinger rebounded with L.A. Confidential a few years later.

I get a slightly less creepy vibe from Alec than I do from degenerate Ryan O'Neal

Alec is also know to refer to the paparazzi 'fags'. Make no mistake this man is no 'ally' of the gay community.

And he is a supporter of pedo Woody Allen.

r44 Did they ever compete for the same roles?

Kim was so powerful in "angels in chains" season one Charlie's Angels

More neuroses than an inbred poodle.

You can see the scars behind her labia: cuntlift.

OP, to answer your specific question: Kim Basigner can't have a renaissance until she has a career, if she even exists.

On the other hand Kim Basinger has probably retired for good, knowing that she'll never live up to the public's expectations.

I wish Joan Cusack had won that year - she was brilliant.

Do you see NOW how much I have suffered, DL? I, one of the greatest actors of all time, have the same number of Oscars as this talking mannequin. And in the same second-rate Supporting Actress category. This.is.why.I.NEED.to.shed.my.tears!

Ryan Murphy could and should use her as a supporting actress in a project. Other than that, she doesn't really have the name recognition these days.

And she was lucky to get that, R2.

As what?

R56 I absolutely detest that film. BUT... Cusack, Reynolds, & Brimley made it tolerable.

r54 Pardon??!😲

r55 Whoops my bad apologies 👍