Was Kim Basinger somewhat miscast as Vicki Vale?

I think that I addressed elsewhere that Amy Yasbeck could've made a decent Vicki Vale in an alternate universe:
https://www.google.com/search?q=amy+yasbeck&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6zO2-wuDXAhUh7YMKHSbdASkQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=794

I’ve noticed that in two of Kim’s most recent movies, “The Nice Guys” and “Fifty Shades Darker”, she’s in effect, playing villainous parts. Kim Basinger to the best of my knowledge, has played villainous or “not-so innocent” roles before such as “The Natural”, “Final Analysis”, and “Cool World”.

But Kim Basinger if you ask me isn’t the type of actress who should be playing villain-roles (or could be convincing in it). Kim doesn’t have the swagger, charisma, presence, or edge in her acting style to make it work. Kim is better suited at playing women for whom you want to emphasize with and protect or women for whom you desire (not somebody whom you should be repulsed at). It’s also a bit damning that in the more recent stages in her career, the best that she can do is portray not so morally upstanding people.

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Elena_Lincoln

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Judith_Kuttner

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Heather_Evans

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Holli_Would

If you look at some of Kim Basinger's movies prior to Batman like No Mercy, she often behaves in that shrieky, over-wrought, hysterical manner during a highly intense (or to her perspective, unexpected and/or dangerous) scene or situation. So it can't just be on Tim Burton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PclNZocPGzc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPujRYFqPEk

https://youtu.be/HFOM_ztKpQ8

I recently read a comment that said that Kim Basinger during her heyday (at least beginning with The Natural in 1984), was the first actress that you called when you needed a woman who could play the soft variation on the femme fatale. I don't know if this applies to her role as Vicki Vale, but Kim at the time was blonde, extremely beautiful, just over 30, and willing to take her clothes off for the right role. She was more importantly, capable of conveying both intelligence and vulnerability.

https://www.quora.com/Kim-Basinger-won-an-Oscar-for-LA-Confidential-but-her-career-went-nowhere-Why-Did-she-make-a-huge-mistake-by-taking-a-2-year-sabbatical-right-after-that-win-Why-was-she-never-again-the-huge-movie-star-she-once-was/answer/Dean-Hacker-1

Jessica Lange was the primary actress who best filled that quotient for Hollywood before Kim Basinger and Sharon Stone followed her. Stone was in return, followed by Gwyneth Paltrow and it continues today with Margot Robbie. Basically, Kim was the perfect actress whenever Hollywood needed a blonde woman who is no longer an ingenue, but is too sexy to be driving carpool. Generally speaking, that character acts as a catalyst in another person’s journey (such as Bruce Wayne's in Batman), but they have enough lines to get second billing and their face on the poster. Lana Turner was arguably the first notable actress to fill such a need in movies.

While I was reading elsewhere, I stumbled upon this thread concerning Kim Basinger and her skills as an actress:
https://www.datalounge.com/thread/25968944-kim-basinger-s-acting

For those who don't believe me when I say that Kim Basinger more closely resembles Silver St. Cloud:
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/intermediary/f/8359efd9-fa97-4919-8f02-3712e70a0eeb/d9tk2td-4ec0e656-decd-4ed5-abc2-fda7ea5858ff.jpg/v1/fill/w_719,h_1112,q_70,strp/silver_st__cloud__earth_27__commission_by_phil_cho_d9tk2td-pre.jpg

And too much of a sexy body.

One thing that bugged me about Basigner's performance is her introductory scene with Robert Wuhl. More specifically, the part where Vicki tells Knox that with her photos and his writing it could become "Pulitzer Prize-winning material". The problem is that Basigner often speaks in this breathy, timid, mousy tone of voice (like she's a child whispering a secret or trying to act like Marilyn Monroe). My point is that to me, it comes across as inauthentic and/or overly sincere. Or it's as if Basinger's approach to the material is inappropriate (another example is when she wakes up in her bed after Batman steals her film and she talks to Knox on the phone in this awkward, pseudo sultry tone of voice).

This is another thing that I don't entirely understand about the way that Vicki Vale was written, she doesn't seem to have much self-resolve or self-reliance. I mean, she presumably goes to Gotham with the where-withal that it was a complete and utter shit hole. I mean what did Vicki mean when she told Knox that she's in Gotham to see some of the "wild out there"? Since she previously worked in combat zones in a sovereign land like Corto Maltese, she would have a reasonable degree of toughness and fearlessness. Vicki Vale is after-all for all intents and purposes, the Lois Lane of the Batman mythos. And yet here, she shrieks and screams at the drop of the dime at the sight of some creepy dude in evil clown make-up and a purple zoot-suit.