De Mornay more than delivered the goods as the psychologically-damaged baddie, and this time found herself the lead in a that held the number one spot at the box office for.
Now, on paper that adaptation could've been something special — it was just the second English-language film of the fairy tale, and the first to make the bold choice to turn the work into a musical a full five years before Disney made Beauty and the Beast into one of their most iconic animated features , and producers had cast an intriguing actor in John Savage to play beast to De Mornay's beauty.
Then again, few '80s actors could lay claim the same blend of wit, humanity, and raw not to mention refreshingly unapologetic sexuality that seemed to put De Mornay a cut above most of her contemporaries.
While 1985 saw De Mornay take a stumble and regain her footing with her big screen ventures, 1986 found her hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100.