Tall, slender and graceful brunette actress Sean Young has a busy film
career, but has yet to make it past mid-range stardom. This may be
partially due to some of the negative publicity generated through her
personal life. Before coming to Hollywood in 1980 to perform in Jane
Austen in Manhattan, Young had been a New York model and a dancer. Fans of
the sci-fi epic Blade Runner (1982) remember Young for playing the
sympathetic "replicant" Rachael. Though by 1987, she appeared in
several major features, Young didn't get much notice as a potential star
until after she co-starred with Kevin Costner in the thriller No Way Out
(1987). Her love scenes with Costner generated considerable heat on and
off the screen. In 1989, Young made entertainment news when her former
co-star from The Boost (1988), James Woods filed a harassment suit against
her claiming that she had repeatedly threatened him after their affair
soured. Young retaliated by hitting the talkshow circuit to deny the
claims, all the while continuing her acting career. That year, she was
scheduled to play Vicki Vale in Tim Burton's Batman, but broke her
collarbone during a riding scene with Michael Keaton and was replaced by
Kim Basinger, something she publicly disputed with Burton. Through the
'90s, Young has continued to appear regularly on screen. |