She was famously pronounced Hollywood's next 'It girl' by Vanity Fair magazine in 1998, but actress Gretchen Mol then sank into obscurity for several years before finally beating what is now known as the 'Vanity Fair cover curse'.
Posing in a cream bra top and palazzo pants for Town and Country magazine, the blonde bombshell also denied that she was discovered by an agent while working as hatcheck girl at a restaurant in Los Angeles.
Actress Gretchen Mol was hailed as the next big thing in 1998 but took 10 years to make it as a leading lady
Mol told the magazine: 'I never checked a hat in my damn life,' regarding the story that she was discovered by an agent while working at Michael’s, a spot popular with entertainment power players in Santa Monica.
She goes on to say that Bob and Harvey Weinstein were in the business of making stars and made up the story to go with the ingénue image they created for her.
But a Michael’s rep told the New York Post that Mol did indeed work in the cloakroom.
Mol now plays Gillian, a former showgirl, in the hit HBO show Boardwalk Empire
The star, who plays Gillian in the hit HBO show Boardwalk Empire about mobsters during the Prohibition era in Atlantic City, received a harsh lesson in how manufactured heat can lead to Hollywood backlash.
Mol, 39, has since left Los Angeles for New York City and has two children with film director Kip Williams.
'It suddenly felt very, 'Hey, she's not all that,' said Mol, whose buzz faded after her films Rounders with Matt Damon and Celebrity with Leonardo DiCaprio fizzled at the box office.
'What you find out is that just as quickly as people get behind you, they fall away,' Mol added, 'I watched as the doors went open. Then, I watched them as they closed.'
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