Drew Barrymore attributes the 1994 Western action film Bad Girls with profoundly impacting her life at the age of 16.
On a recent episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, she reunited with her co-star Andie MacDowell to reflect on the movie, which also starred Madeleine Stowe and Mary Stuart Masterson. The film follows four brothel workers fleeing after a justifiable homicide, embarking on a journey to find a better life in the Wild West.
“When we did Bad Girls, I was 16. I was such a dumbass,” Barrymore admitted, prompting MacDowell to respond, “Oh my God, you were so beautiful and so good.”
Barrymore elaborated on how much the film meant to her: “I always talk about how much it changed my life. If I hadn’t done that film, there’s no way I’d be sitting here right now because it was that film that showed me if you care about something, be involved. I had not been on a film like that, which was really my school. Those film sets were very educational to me about how it all works, even though it was so skewed and bizarre and sort of surreal.”
Fondly describing film sets as “little traveling circuses,” Barrymore concluded, “I feel like my whole life changed the most dramatically — I can trace it back to that experience with you.”
Although Bad Girls, directed by Jonathan Kaplan and produced by 20th Century Fox, underperformed both critically and commercially, it has gained some audience appreciation in recent years.
Barrymore, who began as a child actress, gained fame with Steven Spielberg’s iconic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She later starred in Firestarter and Irreconcilable Differences. Her most well-known projects include Never Been Kissed, 50 First Dates, Scream, Santa Clarita Diet, and He’s Just Not That Into You. She is also the host of CBS’s reboot of Hollywood Squares, which is currently airing.
Watch the interview above.
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