Although 'Striptease' earned Demi Moore a reported $12.5 million, the role and its pay came with plenty of blowback.

Demi Moore became the highest paid female actor in the world when she landed a $12.5 million payday for 1996's "Striptease," and that's when the backlash against her started. During a discussion on The New York Times' "The Interview" podcast while promoting "The Substance,

Moore said she was accused of selling out women in *Striptease*. In the film, she played Erin Grant, a former assistant to an FBI office who starts stripping at a Miami club in order to regain custody over her daughter.