Audiences were horrified when the movie Showgirls came out in 1995. Critics hated director Paul Verhoven’s misguided attempt to capture the seedy show business world of Las Vegas, and it bombed in theaters.
Today Showgirls is a celebrated cult classic and one of MGM’s top selling DVD’s of all time. In fact, the film’s fan base is larger than ever and even the characters from the film enjoy a second life in the virtual world of Facebook as if the movie never ended.
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The film centers on a sexy blond drifter Nomi Malone who hustles her way from pole dancing at a strip club to becoming the top showgirl at a casino in Las Vegas.
Although, many of the actors regret doing the film and will seldom speak of it, one actress, Rena Riffel, like all the fans has embraced the film’s campy plot, freaky sexual encounters and outlandish scenes.
Today Rena Riffel, who plays the tragic stripper Penny Hope, joins us over the phone from California to dish the dirt on Showgirls and talk about her upcoming projects which includes a musical version of Showgirls!
Rena’s working on her own soon to be released film “Trasharella: Ultra Vixen” about a starlet who becomes a super vixen to kill the evil Vampire of Hollywood.
Listen as Rena talks about working on Showgirls, watching it in the theater with Demi Moore and the cast of Striptease, how it was reborn as camp classic and what was the plot of the show within the show “Goddess” supposed to be?
We could have had anyone on this show: Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul. Rena Riffel is what Feast of Fun is all about! She’s dazzling, she’s exciting, and she’s very, very sexy!
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YES!!! I can’t wait to hear this one
I love Showgirls so much!! I even watched it for the millionth time yesterday afternoon! I have read the Showgirls coffee table book twice, and I’m friends with all the characters on Facebook! I love this movie.
What a sweetheart of a guest. Any show with anything from Showgirls is the best episode ever!
I was trying really hard during the interview to contain my squeals of joy and delight! Rena is awesome.
yay! it’s a dream come true, because not a week goes by that you guys don’t say lines from Showgirls, Fausto was like a kid in a candy store… but did I hear someone on Grindr during the interview??? Busted!
Well darlin, I was glad to hear this interview. I mean, she ain’t in “Goddess” but I guess I can let that slide this time. But… she auditioned to play Cristal Connors? NO ONE is Cristal Connors BUT Cristal Connors!!!! I don’t understand! I am going to have to take a sensual bath in some warm “holy water” just to clear my mind.
You are so awesome Cristal! Nobody has your heat.
Really one of the best interviews with anyone anywhere about Showgirls. If Showgirls the musical is half as good as Rena’s music it will be awesome. But it needs that unpredictable crazy that the movie has buckets of.
Rena was adorable! She really was all sunshine- lollypops and rainbows! It would be so fun to get Rena and Gina together for an interview. Awww such sweet dreams…..
BEST FEAST OF FUN… EVER!!!! Well, dang near close. I squealed and laughed through the whole thing. I love Rena! Too bad you didn’t get a chance to ask her about why she was in the pilot for DANTE’S COVE. And Cristal, nobody could be you…
You were right. I was squealing with delight. What a total treat and Rina is amazing. I can’t get enough Showgirls. Thank you Penny/Hope!
I have to admit I did not watch Showgirls until yesterday. Before I listened to the interview I finally watched it. I loved every minute of it! Will definitely watch it again.
Rena is such a sweetheart! Another great interview.
P.S.: I assume the rumours about showgirls 2 in Frankfurt are not true. On different German movie sites they wrote it is nothing more than a late April joke. And if they make it in Germany they should rather produce it in Hamburg with its famous red-light district, Reeperbahn or in Berlin.