In 1997, Angelina Jolie starred with David Duchovny in the thriller Playing God, set in the Los Angeles underworld. The movie was not received well by critics and Roger Ebert noted that "Angelina Jolie finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; she seems too nice to be a criminal's girlfriend, and maybe she is." She then appeared in the television movie True Women, a historical romantic drama set in the American West, and based on the book by Janice Woods Windle. That year Angelina Jolie also appeared in the music video for "Anybody Seen My Baby?" by the Rolling Stones.
During the 1990s, Mel Gibson alternated between commercial and personal projects. His films in the first half of the decade were Forever Young, Lethal Weapon 3, Maverick, and Braveheart. He then starred in Ransom, Conspiracy Theory, Lethal Weapon 4, and Payback. Mel Gibson also served as the speaking and singing voice of John Smith in Disney’s Pocahontas.
Brooke Shields' first major film role was her 1978 appearance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby, a movie in which she played a child who lived in a brothel (and in which there were numerous nude scenes). Because Brooke Shields was only 12 when the film was released, and possibly 11 when it was filmed, questions were raised about child pornography.This was followed by a slightly less controversial and less notable film, Wanda Nevada (1979).
