Sharon Stone looks back on her most famous film.
The 63-year-old star reflected on the production of ‘Basic Instinct’ in her upcoming memoir ‘The Beauty of Living Twice’.
In an excerpt published exclusively by Vanity Fair, the actress claims that she was told to sleep with a co-star to build chemistry.
“I had a producer brought to his office, where he had malted milk balls in a small container with a milk carton under his arm, with the spout open,” she recalls. “He walked back and forth in his office with the balls falling out of the spout and rolling across the wooden floor while he explained to me why I should do my costar so we could have chemistry on screen.”
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She does not name the producer who offered her such instructions, but only four producers are listed on the IMDb: William S. Beasley, Louis D’Esposito, Mario Kassar and Alan Marshall.
Sharon Stone claims that a producer told her to sleep with her co-star ‘Basic Instinct’ to build chemistry. (Photo by John Milner / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Stone’s representative and Kassar declined to comment, Marshall could not be reached and Beasley and D’Esposito did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
She also did not refer to which co-star in the advice, but her character does have sexual relationships with several people, including Michael Douglas’ character. Douglas’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Stone told the producer, “It was my job to act and I said it.”
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She also discusses the now infamous and very revealing scene in the film in which she crosses her legs while sitting in a chair and flashing what is under her dress.
‘After we shot Basic Instinct, I’m called in to see it. Not only with the director, as one would expect, given the situation that left us all standing, so to speak, but with a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project did not, ”Stone said. “That was how I first saw my vagina shot, long after I was told, ‘We can see nothing – I just need to remove your panties, because the white reflects the light, so we know you have’ a panty on. ‘
Sharon Stone also said she was shocked at how revealing a recording from the film was after she was told it would be tame.
((Photo by Rich Polk / Getty Images for IMDb))
The actress said she “hit” director Paul Verhoeven in the face after the show and called her lawyer, Marty Singer, who said she could get an order.
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‘In the first place, at that point, it would give the film an X rating. Remember, it was 1992, not now, when we saw a penis on Netflix. And according to Marty, according to the Screen Actors Guild, it was not ‘It’s not legal to shoot my dress like that. Wow, I thought, “Stone wrote.” After the show, I let Paul know about the options Marty had set out for me. Of course, he strongly denied that I had any choices at all. I was just an actress, just a woman; what choices could I have? “
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The Oscar nominee added: “But I did have choices. That’s why I thought and thought and I chose to allow this scene in the film. Why? Because it was correct for the film and for the character; and because I did it. “
Reps to Verhoeven did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.