![]() ![]() “With the success of my Dorothy Dandridge project and the critical acclaim that brought me, I finally felt that I didn’t have to prove myself anymore,” she told EW.īerry and Travolta in the 2001 action movie, Swordfish. With those awards in hand, Berry felt emboldened to push herself to try things she specifically avoided as a younger actress in the business. Besides the box-office success of X-Men, the actress had also recently collected her first Emmy and Golden Globe statues for her star turn in the HBO movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, based on the life of the groundbreaking Black singer and actress. “I think it’s cool for the character and good for the box office.” He wasn’t entirely wrong on the last point: Swordfish finished its theatrical run with a solid $150 million worldwide gross, although it was handily dwarfed by effects-heavy summer movies like The Mummy Returns, Jurassic Park III and Pearl Harbor.īerry had her own reasons for agreeing to Silver’s offer - none of which involved an extra $500,000. “I’ve known Halle for years, and I felt this was time for her to do this,” Silver remarked. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly in 2001, the producer said that he strongly encouraged Berry - who had a small role in The Last Boy Scout as an exotic dancer - to make this the film where she reinvented her screen image. ![]() ![]() Since gratuitous nudity was a staple of Silver’s ’80s action movies, it’s no surprise that he took point on incorporating it into Swordfish. The scene became even more buzzworthy after Swordfish director Dominic Sena revealed that Berry was paid an extra $500,000 - “$250,000 per breast” he reportedly said - on top of her $2.5 million salary to bare all.īerry and Jackman in the 2001 action movie Swordfish, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week (Photo: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection) It was the first nude scene of Berry’s career, and the actress was well aware it was going to be the only thing about the movie that anyone would be talking about. Midway through the Joel Silver-produced blockbuster, which also starred John Travolta and Hugh Jackman, Berry’s mystery woman, Ginger Knowles, greets Jackman’s super-hacker, Stanley Jobson, by dropping the book she's reading to reveal that she’s topless. But that’s precisely the reason why Halle Berry chose to headline the hacker-themed action movie Swordfish, which opened in theaters 20 years ago on June 8, 2001. Major movie stars traditionally try to avoid films that require gratuitous nudity. (Photo: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection) John Travolta, Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry star in the 2001 action movie Swordfish. ![]()
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