By the time she showed up on The Joan Rivers Show dressed as Catwoman, Sean Young had pretty much hit bottom. The sensational star had become, in only a few short years, a Hollywood pariah. Crossed off the A-list, she went begging for the villain role in Batman Returns, wearing a silly suit on national television. "Oh, I think I had probably lost it by then," she tells E! in her True Hollywood Story. The show details how this tenacious actress rocketed to fame and, along the way, managed to rub all of Hollywood the wrong way.
This THS is the story of a beautiful talent whose mouth and mischievous streak earned her more attention offscreen than on. Famous for her cold android in Blade Runner and steamy limo scene in No Way Out, Young became simply notorious after a weird war of words waged against onetime costar James Woods.
Born to a family of journalists in Louisville, Kentucky, Sean was an eccentric and unpopular teenager. Her mother transferred her to a theater school, where she quickly proved talented and professional, both as a dancer and then a model. Soon, she moved onto the challenges of acting. Within years of arriving in Los Angeles, Sean began riding a hot streak, moving from Stripes to Blade Runner to playing the high-powered D.C. mistress in No Way Out. Directors like Tim Burton, Oliver Stone and Warren Beatty wanted to work with her, though a series of wrong moves soon changed all that.
This Story details Sean's many public mishaps, how her reputation went from charming to downright nutty, her marriage and exile in Arizona and also her continued hard work in low-budget and TV movies. You'll hear Sean Young speak frankly about speaking frankly and see why so many loved--and then shunned--her. Watch the whole Story on E! But first, warm up with our Sean Young photo gallery.