Gina Gershon reveals why she didn’t want to work with Prince — and how she talked her way out of one shockingly risqué ‘Showgirls’ scene

Gina Gershon stands her ground.

In her new memoir, “AlphaPussy,” the sultry actress recounts how she “survived” growing up in California’s San Fernando Valley in the 70s and 80s —”right smack in the middle of the explosion of porn” — and went on to thrive in Hollywood on her own terms.

Gershon, whose credits...