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Sharon Stone doubts whether Basic Instinct would be made today: ‘It’s an intriguing film’

Actor said cult classic was made ‘at the exact right moment in history because it captured the moment of change of power for women’

Ellie Harrison
Tuesday 22 October 2019 09:44 BST
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Sharon Stone has expressed doubt over whether her 1992 cult classic Basic Instinct would be made in 2019.

The movie, famous for its graphic sex scenes, follows Michael Douglas as a detective who is seduced by the prime suspect of his murder investigation, played by Stone. One of the most iconic scenes in the film sees Stone uncrossing and crossing her legs in a room full of men during an interrogation.

“I think Basic Instinct was made at the exact right moment in history because it captured all our fears and doubts and the moment of change of power for women,” Stone told Allure.

“It's still an intriguing film, but could it be made now? I doubt that it would have any form of the sensationalism it had at the time. When I began my career, there were only two ways we were allowed to sit: cross at the ankles or ankles under the chair.”

Talking about how her experience of the industry has changed since the 90s, Stone added: “I like my body so much more. I'm so grateful to my body. When I was younger, everybody was telling me what was wrong with my body – too this, too that."

She added: “When I got on Basic Instinct, they hired a makeup artist that put on pounds of makeup every day, and every day I went to my trailer and took the makeup off. But I wasn't allowed to choose my makeup artist, nor was my name [above the title] on the poster.”

Stone can next be seen in the romantic movie What About Love alongside Andy Garcia and Iain Glen and TV series The New Pope with Jude Law.

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