What Really Happened While Filming âBasic Instinctâ 30 Years Ago
Paul Verhoevenâs 1992 erotic drama turned Sharon Stone into an icon, but the psychological thriller had an even darker real-life story behind it.
Paul Verhoevenâs 1992 erotic drama turned Sharon Stone into an icon, but the psychological thriller had an even darker real-life story behind it.
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âThank you for capturing female anguish and rage⊠on film,â Stone tells Ducournau, whom she handed the Palme dâOr to back in July.
âIâm not going to work until all of our sets are vaccinated, â Stone told SAG-AFTRA members. âAnd you shouldnât either.â
âShe knew exactly what we were doing,â Verhoeven said.
âViola Davis is every bit the actress Meryl Streep is,â Stone said. âEmma Thompson. Judy Davis. Olivia Colman. Kate Winslet, for fuckâs sake.â
A 4K restoration of âBasic Instinct,â overseen by Paul Verhoeven himself, is releasing around the world this summer.
âI was horrified, naked, and stained with fake blood.â
Stone was a producer on 1995âs âThe Quick and the Deadâ and fought the studio to hire DiCaprio and director Sam Raimi.
âI went to the projection booth, slapped Paul [Verhoeven] across the face, left, went to my car, and called my lawyer.â
Stone has had her fair share of brushes with #MeToo experiences, and recently detailed one that made her feel âterrified.â
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