Madonna and I were super close during that film [Desperately Seeking Susan]. We really bonded heavily and had a deep female friendship at the time … for many years.
Then she married Sean [Penn], I was at the wedding and all that stuff. We lost touch in these years, except I was at the [Celebration Tour] show in Los Angeles.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see her and was really bummed.When we made that film she of course was exploding. Melanie Griffith was up for it [Madonna’s role], who was one of my best friends.
Ellen Barkin, another one of my best friends, was up for that role and they were talking about this pop star that wasn’t an actor and I was kind of bummed out about it at first.