Sharon Stoneis holding nothing back.
“He explained to me why I should f my costar so that we could have onscreen chemistry.
Why, in his day, he made love to Ava Gardner onscreen and it was so sensational!
Sharon Stone in ‘Basic Instinct’.Credit: Everett Collection
Nobody’s that good in bed.
I also felt they could f— him themselves and leave me out of it.
It was my job to act and I said so.”
As a result, Stone says she was labeled “difficult.”
According to Stone, the studio did nothing.
“Hey, I was a nobody compared to him, and this was such a risky movie.
Stone ultimately decided against that.
“After the screening, I let Paul know of the options Marty had laid out for me.
Of course, he vehemently denied that I had any choices at all.
I was just an actress, just a woman; what choices could I have?”
“But I did have choices.
So I thought and thought and I chose to allow this scene in the film.
[Verhoeven hasdeniedStone’s claims, saying that she knew what she was doing in the scene.]
Stone’s memoir will be available March 30 via publisher Knopf.
