Mexico City On the grounds of achieving better chemistry between them, Sharon Stone was pressured by a studio director to have sex with her co-star.
In her memoir, “The Beauty of Living Twice,” the actress describes part of the conversation she had with the executive, who preferred not to name or name the tape in question.
“(I thought) ‘you were on this actor, even though he couldn’t do a whole scene in the audition … Now do you think if I sleep with him, he’ll be a good actor?’ good in bed, ‘wrote Stone in his book.
“I felt like they could have hired someone with talent, who could make a scene and remember his rules. Also that they could have sex with him and stay out of it. My job was to perform, I it said, and that answer was not very popular. That’s why it was considered difficult. “
It wasn’t just one time, but on several occasions the producers suggested sleeping with his companions as it would be best for the movie.
“Sex, not just on-screen sexualization, was expected from my company.
“A lot of people ask me what my superstar days were like, they were like this: play ball or get off the field, girl.”
Vanity Fair magazine published an excerpt from the actress’s autobiography, in which she also talks about how she was unaware that her private parts in that scene from the movie Low Instincts would be filmed and exposed when she seductively crosses her legs.
The Golden Globe winner recalls that the first time she saw the shot being fired was a projection, with the room full of agents and lawyers.
“This is how I first saw the scene of my vagina, after a long time where they told me (on set), ‘You can’t see anything, we just need your underwear as white reflects light and can be seen .
“Yes, there are a lot of opinions on this topic, but since I’m the one with the vagina in question, I’m telling you: the rest of the views don’t matter.
He says that after seeing the scene, he hit director Paul Verhoeven and called his lawyer Marty Singer.
“He told me they couldn’t release the movie as it was … And according to Marty, according to the Screen Actors Guild, my union, it wasn’t legal for them to take this picture of my dress. my first thought.
“Then I thought a little more. What if I was the director? What if I took that picture? What if I got it on purpose? Or by accident? What if it just existed? There were a lot of things to think about. “I knew what kind of movie I was making. For God’s sake, I fought for that part, and all the while, only this director stood up for me!”
Variety magazine contacted director Verhoeven to verify the story, but one of its representatives declined to speak.
Once he achieved success, Stone could include in his contracts the ability to decide who his co-stars would be, but that was only a matter on paper.
Nobody cared. They chose who they wanted. Much to my dismay sometimes. In other cases at the expense of the film, ‘says Stone in the book.
In her memoirs, the actress also mentions how the industry has changed since the 80s and 90s, but that there is still a lot of work to be done to achieve gender equality and, above all, to ensure safe spaces for women.