90s TV icon ‘trapped into wearing lingerie’ underage

Courtney Thorne-Smith has alleged she was asked to deterioration a ‘sexy negligee’ for a movie portion inactive a teenager.

The present 56-year-old histrion played Alison Parker on the soap Melrose Place and Georgia Thomas on the comedy Ally McBeal, but it was an earlier role, wherever she felt ‘trapped’.

Aged 17, Courtney was booked for 1 of her archetypal movies. Cast alongside her was a antheral successful his thirties, who played her romanticist interest.

She opened up astir the incidental connected the podcast Still the Place, which Courtney presents with her erstwhile Melrose Place co-stars Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton who played Jo Reynolds and Sydney Andrews respectively.

‘We did slumber unneurotic successful the script, and I wore 1 of his button-down shirts afterwards,’ she recalled.

‘I got to acceptable that time and there’s a truly sexy negligee successful my room.’

She claims to person approached the manager to rise concerns. Courtney added that she had a no-nudity clause, and felt that due to the fact that of the mode the garment was cut, thing whitethorn show.

‘I was 17 with a 30-year-old. I knew it was benignant of off, but the garment made it consciousness alright,’ she said.

Courtney added: ‘The shaper came into my room, and said the full unit was talking astir what a babe I was being.’

She escalated the interest to her agent, who travelled to the set, for other support, which helped her to advocator for herself.

‘They trapped me,’ she stated, earlier summarising: ‘I’m truthful grateful I had that quality to basal up for myself astatine that age. I’m amazed, actually. I had that quality astatine that age.’

Courtney’s large interruption came successful 1992 erstwhile she was formed arsenic Alison successful Melrose Place – a relation she played for 5 years.

Her TV roles person continued, including connected Two and a Half Men, successful which she played Alan Harper (Jon Cryer)’s girlfriend, Lyndsey McElroy, for 52 episodes.

She has starred successful galore films passim her vocation including Lucas, which besides featured Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen, Welcome to 18, Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds successful Paradise, Summer School, and Side Out.

Courtney is joined to selling bureau proprietor Roger Fishman, and they stock a lad together.

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