In 1997 , she appeared in the short film '' Seed , '' directed by San Francisco-born filmmaker Karin Thayer , and played opposite Peter O'Toole in the 1998 film adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel '' Phantoms '' . McGowan spent the majority of the late 1990s headlining a variety of independent films , including roles in '' Nowhere '' ( 1997 ) , where she reunited with Araki , as well as '' Southie '' ( 1996 ) , '' Going All the Way '' ( 1997 ) , '' Lewis and Clark and George '' ( 1997 ) , and '' Devil in the Flesh '' ( 1998 ) , where she usually played seductive and mysterious characters . She gained much attention for the revealing fishnet outfit she wore to the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards
1998 MTV Video Music Awards
1998 MTV Video Music Awards
Rose McGowan