Before she got the role of Catherine Tramell, which brought her fame, she had to beat over a dozen candidates. Among them were Kim Basinger, Julia Roberts and Emma Thompson. Even Joanna Pacuła had a chance to play in Paul Verhoeven’s film, but she turned it down. Stone had to break the resistance too. The star did not want to appear alongside the little-known actress.
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Basic Instinct without Sharon Stone? The actress had to fight for the role for a long time
In late July, Sharon Stone was a guest on the podcast “Who’s Talking with Chris Wallace?”. In the conversation, she told about the long road she had to travel to appear in the movie “”. As she revealed, although director Paul Verhoeven was in her favor, Michael Douglas did not want to engage the actress.
– I had a test shoot, but Michael didn’t want to take part in it. Back then, taking on such a role was a big risk for him. So Verhoeven told him that he would also check other candidates – . However, the director used a trick. He showed the actor recordings of test photos of all the candidates, after each of them presenting the one taken during Sharon’s casting. “They checked about 14 women and none of them beat my performance. So Michael agreed to test shoot with me. After them, the actor was already determined to agree to Stone.
The movie may have missed a cult scene. The director used a trick
However, Sharon Stone did not avoid problems even after receiving the role. As she recalled in her autobiography “The Beauty of Living Twice”, the director convinced her to play the iconic scene by tricking her. It is about the moment when the interrogated Catherine Tramell provocatively crosses her legs. Verhoeven allegedly persuaded her to take off her panties, because their whiteness reflected the light and in the frame you could see that she was wearing them. He also promised that the audience wouldn’t see anything in the scene that Stone wouldn’t want to show them. The truth came out during the first screening of the film organized for the press and agents. It turned out that you can see everything. Sharon that she even considered blocking the premiere. However, after much thought and talks with lawyers, she changed her mind.
I fought for the role and the director gave me a chance. I had to evaluate it objectively. I had a choice. I thought for a long time and decided to leave this scene. Why? Because it was good for the movie and for the character I was playing.
Source: Gazeta
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