‘I got up and hit him’: 33 years later, why does Sharon Stone still have bad memories of making this iconic film?

‘I got up and hit him’: 33 years later, why does Sharon Stone still have bad memories of making this iconic film?

In May 1992, Paul Verhoeven delivered one of the most intense thrillers of all time with Basic Instinct. Starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone as incandescent lovers, the film was a huge critical and commercial success, grossing $352 million worldwide.

The actress, who was then 34 years old, became a real icon thanks to the role of the psychopathic Catherine Trammell. However, even if this character made her an international star, Sharon Stone always kept bitter memories of filming.

A legendary scene born in betrayal

Indeed, the famous leg-crossing sequence was a point of contention between him and Paul Verhoeven, and the resentment still rages today. “When we shot the scene I was wearing white panties, director Paul Verhoeven said it reflected in the light so you could see I was wearing something.Explains the actor in the documentary “Basic Instinct – Sex, Death and Stone”.

“So he needed to remove me, and I was telling myself that it would be covered in shadow, hidden, that we wouldn’t see anything. I did the test, I looked at the monitor, and we couldn’t see anything. He took my panties, put them in his shirt pocket, and said, ‘I trust you.’Sharon Stone continues.

The problem is that Paul Verhoeven tricked the actor into promising that we wouldn’t see anything, keeping the sequence unhidden during editing. When the actor discovered the finished film before going to the Cannes Film Festival, it was a shock.

“I realized there was a half-shot where you could start to see the feather. That you couldn’t see anything else, but there was this idea that you could see, and that idea is very powerful because we’ve never seen anything like that in a studio film.”– claims the actor.

Sharon Stone hits on Paul Verhoeven

“When I saw the footage, I felt betrayed, I stood up and was shocked by his betrayal.highlights Sharon Stone. She tried to cancel this plan, but Paul Verhoeven refused, convincing her that it would make her a superstar, which the actor finally gave in to.

When I saw the footage, I felt betrayed. I got up and hit it.

“If I were the director, I would have kept that scene. But I had to warn Paul. It was disrespectful.”The artist is worried. However, even if the sequence landed Sharon Stone in prison, she had to pay a heavy price. The actor suffered several attacks just for doing this film and lost custody of his son on the grounds that he was making “erotic films”.

“I can’t believe they lied to me on purpose. The fact that they didn’t tell me hurts because I agreed to everything he asked of me and he disrespected me. And if it was Michael Douglas and we could see his penis, he would have warned me… or Michael would put his hand in his face!Sharon Stone concludes.

Source: Allocine

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