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Why didn't Sharon Stone file a complaint over the controversial interrogation scene if she was mislead

posted 4 years ago by TMC-4 (20121)
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Do you believe that she was actually lying? She a been a performer for roughly a decade when Basic Instinct was filmed, so she “knew the ropes” and she really shouldn’t have been surprised at what was going to happen in the scene.

https://www.quora.com/Why-didnt-Sharon-Stone-file-a-complaint-over-the-controversial-interrogation-scene-in-Basic-Instinct-if-she-was-misled-about-it/answer/Jon-Mixon-1

[–] thenewnexus (1911) 4 years ago

Idk what her deal is tbh.alot of these actresses i have a hard time believing

[–] kungfulord (957) 4 years ago

She's lying now is trendy everybody is a victim of some kind and nobody is responsible for they own actions and use youth as like being young were some kind of mental disadvantage

And she's lying even in that because in some interview she say she was 24 and somehow that make her mentaly childlike when in reality she was already 33 years old

I dont get it why people can't accept they own actions

[–] JaqenHgar (729) 4 years ago

Because hindsight is 20/20.

[–] AP (5288) 3 years ago

Actually, she made this claim back in the 90’s. It’s not recent. Whether or not she’s telling the truth is a different matter.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

My theory is that she is lying so that woke Hollyweird will give her a high paying gig.

[–] TheArgentinian (7061) 3 years ago

your theory is as idiotic as you are.

She explained in the recent Vanity Fair article why she accepted the scene.

[–] Mustang (5418) 3 years ago

I think it was all a promotional tool. Actress claims scene wasn’t supposed to be in film, director uses it anyway.

It might not sound like a big deal but at the time an actress showing that in a mainstream film was not common. So actress gets to save a little face, director looks like a prick but most people don’t care about the director.

Film gets hyped due to “the scene”.

Win, win. This was all before me too of course and social media so no one took up the pitchforks over it.

It just added to the mystique of the film.

[–] triplea (3577) 3 years ago

Plausible.

[–] Popcorngal (4779) 2 years ago

It that the scene where she does not wear underwear? I never saw the movie, but have seen clips for eons!

[–] pjl69 (2647) 2 years ago

Maybe she realized that particular scene made her a star.

[–] Daf (145) a month ago

From the way Stone tells the anecdote, sounds like to her it was a personal matter between her and Paul Verhoeven, and she supposedly handled it in a personal way: by slapping him.

Could it be a tall tale? Sure, but stuff like this can happen on film sets: when Ed Harris nearly drowned on the set of The Abyss (supposedly due in part to James Cameron's directing), Harris didn't complain to anybody, either, he just went and decked Mr. Cameron right in the face.

Also remember film productions are all contract gigs, there's no HR or designated complaints department, there'd only be the producers or an executive at the studio to appeal to. And with multiple contracts in place any form of punishment could get legally and financially messy real quick.