Kim Basinger Reveals Truth Behind Rumors She Feuded With ‘9 1/2 Weeks’ Co-Star Mickey Rourke

Gabrielle Moss February 27, 2025, 1:40 pm

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Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger in 9 1/2 Weeks — Everett Collection

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In an in-depth new interview with Variety, film icon Kim Basinger dug deep into her life and legacy — including long-standing rumors that she and Mickey Rourke feuded on the set of her 1986 breakthrough film, the controversial erotic thriller 9 1/2 Weeks.

Basinger, 71, revealed that because she asked director Adrian Lyne — who she described herself as having a “love-hate” relationship with, though she ultimately “was very crazy about him” — to shoot the film chronologically, she didn’t meet Rourke before coming to set.

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