Sharon Stone Talks About That ‘Basic Instinct’ Scene In New Memoir

Yeah, we’re talking about that scene. Sharon Stone’s first peak moment was probably when ‘Basic Instinct’ became one of the most exquisite masterpieces acted by the 63-year-old actress. She was in 17 movies already, but they were not making it big, and the TV industry was different back in the days.

But Sharon never knew it would be so explicit and had to bear through the humiliation later on. She shared what happened and her feelings about the 1992 movie in an interview with Vanity Fair.

People didn’t hire her because she didn’t look sexy, as her manager commented.

Recalling that one iconic scene, Sharon said, “After we shot ‘Basic Instinct,’ I got called in to see it.”

“Not on my own with the director, as one would anticipate, given the situation that has given us all pause, so to speak, but with a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project.”

She consulted with her lawyer who told her, “It wasn’t legal to shoot up my dress in this fashion.”

During the shooting, she was asked to remove her panties because the light was reflected. But she wasn’t about to accept explanations at that point because that is her body part right there. ” I went to the projection booth, slapped Paul across the face, left, went to my car, and called my lawyer, Marty Singer,” she continued.

But when given the choice, she agreed: because “it was correct for the film and for the character.”

She also recalls how she had nightmares and sleep-walked 3 times during the production. At one point, one of the actors passed out because she hit him too many times in the chest.

Among many things was the fact that Paul Verhoeven kept calling her Karen throughout the making of the whole movie.

“I was asking to be seen, and respected. I was asking to be known.”

She also shares how she once was in a producer’s office where she was told to sleep with her costar to get that onscreen chemistry. She said no (in a very straightforward ‘you can go **** yourself’) but that “was not a popular response” and she was considered “difficult.”

She still loves acting and is even modeling in her spare time.

She still loves this job very much, despite the horrible sexism in the industry and disrespects some parties show to her. But her experience surviving through it helps her feel comfortable in it. She added, “I am proud of my success in my work. It belongs to me; I earned it.”