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‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot
Executive context: 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 J
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Summary
- Primary development: ‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot
- Coverage synthesized from 1 sources in the cluster.
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Key Facts
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Primary source | Guardian Culture |
| Source count | 1 |
| First published | 2026-04-07T04:00:39.000Z |