‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot
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Source: Guardian Australia
Published: 2026-04-07 14:00 UTC+10:00
Section: Film
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Culture & Entertainment
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He was the screenwriting colossus behind Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Showgirls and more. Now clean, ‘Hollywood’s Shakespeare’ talks about today’s scared studios, his refugee trauma – and taking acid with Hunter S Thompson
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