That scene had an impact on Stone’s career, as well as her personal life.ĭuring an episode of the Table for Two podcast, Stone claimed that she lost custody of her child with ex-husband Phil Bronstein partially due to Basic Instinct. Why? Because it was correct for the film and for the character and because, after all, I did it.” So I thought and thought and I chose to allow this scene in the film. “I was just an actress, just a woman what choices could I have?” she wrote.
“I just need you to remove your panties,” she was told, “as the white is reflecting the light, so we know you have panties on.” Stone saw the scene for the first time in a “a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project.” After the screening, Stone walked up to director Paul Verhoeven and slapped him.
In her 2021 memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, actress Sharon Stone revealed how she was tricked into her famous leg-crossing scene from Basic Instinct.
