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Sharon Stone is an iconic actress known for portraying the killer role of Catherine Tramell in the 1992 filmBasic Instinct.The actress has plenty of stories to share from her time shooting the 1992 movie and especially, the unfair treatment she received.
With Michael Douglas starring alongside her, Stone and Douglas had a significant pay gap between the two. Alongside this gender pay gap, Sharon Stone was laughed out of the studio when she stated that she wanted to direct a film!
When Sharon Stone Was Laughed Out of the Studio!
Portraying the femme fatale character inBasic Instinctwas a rough patch for the actress since the movie was so bold for its time. As if portraying the role of a seductive writer wasn’t enough, the actress also had to deal with an unfair pay gap and misogyny.
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Talking about her dream to direct a movie, Sharon Stone revealed toDeadlinethat she was laughed out of the studio when she told her wish. Talking about the change in the gender pay gap and opportunities for female directors in present times, Stone turned down all the misogynists with her statements.
“When I did Basic Instinct, I wanted to direct a film and I got laughed out of the studio. And now you see that two out of the six women that had their films nominated in Cannes, were women that were funded out of Saudi Arabia.”
She further continued,
“And so, people say, ‘Well how could you go to Saudi Arabia and look at all of those injustices in Saudi Arabia?’ And I said, ‘Well, I don’t know – I think it was pretty unjust that I couldn’t direct in America.”
To add to the list of problems,Sharon Stonerevealed that she received very unfair pay in the movie despite being the lead actress. As per the reports, Stone was paid an astonishingly $13.5 million less than her co-star Michael Douglas!
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Sharon Stone Was Paid $13.5 Million Less Than Her Co-Star!
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Furthering her interview, the actress revealed that she was paid a sum that was significantly less than her co-star. Starring alongside Michael Douglas, the pay sum seems astonishing to hear in present times!
“Thirty years ago, when I did Basic Instinct, Michael Douglas made $14 million and I made $500,000. Last year, there was a $100 million film being made by a studio and the actor, who was new, was going to be paid something like $8 million or $9 million – someone we don’t really know – and the studio offered me again $500,000 to be the female lead.”
The case is indeed quite complicated and Sharon Stone has yet to achieve her dream of directing a movie. As forBasic Instinct,the movie received a rating of 7/10 on IMDB and an average rating of 56% on Rotten Tomatoes. The 1992 film is available to stream on Apple TV+.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
