Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (Pictured, 1990) In her first American feature, Moore gets killed by a mummy, a plot point that came as a surprise. ''I have a tendency not to read long passages of action in scripts. I like to read dialogue. So I missed the part where the mummy comes in and I'm dead. The director said to me, 'You didn't read the end, did you?''
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) Director Curtis Hanson (''8 Mile'') gave Moore her first juicy role, as the sassy friend who uncovers demented nanny Rebecca De Mornay's jealous scheme. ''Curtis and I both won [1997] L.A. critics' awards, he for 'L.A. Confidential' and I for 'Boogie Nights.' People kept getting up to talk about him and they would slam 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle': 'Can you believe this is the same man who made that movie?' Curtis finally stood up and said, 'I was able to make 'L.A. Confidential' because I made 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.' I like that movie! And Julianne was in it too!' I was like, 'Good for you!'''
Body of Evidence (1993) Moore played Willem Dafoe's jilted wife in the much-maligned Madonna thriller. ''It's horrible! I mean, it's even worse than you could imagine. What a stinker, that's all I can say. I've seen [Madonna] a few times since then. We've never spoken about it. I can't imagine she had a good time either. That movie was not a good time.''
The Fugitive (1993) Moore's doctor character was originally supposed to romance Harrison Ford; instead, the actress ended up in a bit part. Still, the performance caught the eye of Steven Spielberg, who later cast her in ''The Lost World.'' ''I tested and got this [big] part. Right before I showed up, they called and told me they'd cut it. [Director] Andy Davis decided that they shouldn't have this love interest so soon after his wife died, blah blah. I was devastated. Harrison was so sweet about it. He was the only person who was like, 'Well, do you still want to do it?' I'm like, 'I have to! I need the money!'''
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