US EditionSharon Stone Explains Why She Didn't Force Director to Cut Infamous Leg-Crossing Scene 23 Years Later
WORLDWIDE, AUG 5 – Sharon Stone chose to keep the controversial 1992 Basic Instinct scene, saying it made the film better despite backlash and earning $352.9 million globally, she told Business Insider.
- Sharon Stone, reflecting on her famous leg-crossing scene in "Basic Instinct," stated that she chose not to remove it despite having the legal right to do so.
- Despite becoming an icon due to the scene, Stone said, "It made me an icon, but it didn't bring me respect," indicating the personal toll it took.
- Michael Douglas's representatives clarified that he does not recall any conflict with Stone during filming but remembers her audition positively after the fact.
- Stone noted that the tension between her and Douglas contributed to their on-screen chemistry, as she was not intimidated by his yelling, which suited her character.
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Sharon Stone will always be remembered as the definitive femme fatale of the cinema of the nineties thanks to the intense collection of erotic thrillers in which she participated, but above all by a very concrete scene in the best of them all: the cross of legs, without underwear, of her character Catherine Tramell during the interrogation of Basic Instinct (1992), directed by Paul Verhoeven.In a recent interview with Business Insider, the actre…
Few doubt that the most famous cross of legs in the history of cinema is the one made by Sharon Stone (Pensilvania, 67) in Basic Instinct (1992). It lasts just a couple of seconds, and the film turned the actress into a sex symbol and a Hollywood star. But that iconic moment might not have occurred for two main reasons that the performer has now revealed. One has to do with her interpretive talent of the time, and the other with the male protago…
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