To Slash or Not To Slash (The Karine Gambier Question)

So, here's my dilemma: I've been itching to write a story, a slash story (natch), in which the main character is based on a real person.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's a genre of slash that exists (it's called RPS, for "real person slash") and I have actually written one already (no, I'm not going to tell you what it is - you perverts will have to track it down by yourself) but I felt kind of ashamed of myself after I wrote it. I'm still considering writing the one I'm currently thinking of, though, and I'll tell you why.

The person I'm going to include is named Karine Gambier. Karine was a French sex film star who was in more than fifty films from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. She was a fleshy, free-spirited, lovely and crazy woman who always brightened up the films that she starred in. She hasn't worked since 1986 and no one seems to know what happened to her. She most likely left the adult film world (and, indeed, the film business in general) and went on to lead a normal, civilian life. If this is the case, I wouldn't want her to stumble on a wired, chaotic lesbian thriller which cast her in the lead role. She may be offended.

Now, it's possible that she may get a kick out of it. Maybe she's really cool and will laugh it off (or - Horrors! - even kind of like it.) Maybe I'm thinking about this too much. The thing is that, from what I understand, Gambier is not even her real last name. It was the most common screen name that she used. So maybe this is not a real issue. The "Karine Gambier" that I am so intrigued and fascinated by may not even be a real person, per say. She is a cinematic creation, like any character. It's not like many people know about her, really. I searched desperately through the internet trying to find any biographical details about her. The only things I could find was her filmography and that she was born in France. Maybe that's enough. Maybe this story will have this odd, gorgeous cinema "Karine Gambier" that lives in the minds of viewers and will be completely separate from the real woman in question.

I'd like to hear from you about this matter. Let me know what you think is the right course of action. I'm leaning towards saying, "To hell with it," and writing the damn thing, but I'd like to know your thoughts...