Rose McGowan's Self-Obsession Caused Trouble

Wed, 28 March 2007 12:00:00 ET

Rose McGowan ordered her 'Grindhouse' co-stars not to wear red to the premiere so she wouldn't be upstaged. The stunning actress infuriated fellow female stars by telling her representatives to warn them not turn up in the same colour.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: "It caused quite a stir. The feeling is she's self-obsessed." The movie - in which Rose plays a thrill-seeking stripper - also stars Rosario Dawson, Jordan Ladd and Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

Twins Elise and Electra Avellan - who have minor roles in the movie written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez - ignored the suggested 'dress code' and arrived in brazen red outfits. The source said: "It was basically a 'f**k you!' to Rose."

Another source said Rose's instructions were intended to help the girls co-ordinate so they would look "amazing and sexy and beautiful". The 33-year-old also made demands during filming - insisting the crew cleaned a strip club pole because she was paranoid about the germs on it. She said: "I made them Windex the pole. That's a lot of bacteria adding up over the course of an evening."