{"id":81261,"date":"2025-08-19T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/81261\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:15:07","slug":"sharon-stone-says-shes-not-involved-in-basic-instinct-reboot-i-dont-know-why-youd-do-it-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/81261\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Stone says she\u2019s not involved in Basic Instinct reboot: \u2018I don\u2019t know why you\u2019d do it\u2019 | Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The actor Sharon Stone has expressed scepticism about the Basic Instinct reboot currently being scripted by the original film<\/a>\u2019s writer Joe Eszterhas.<\/p>\n

Speaking on US TV\u2019s Today programme, Stone made reference to the unsuccessful 2006 sequel, in which she reprised her role of murderous novelist Catherine Tramell. That film earned dreadful reviews, poor audience feedback and just $38m (\u00a328m) at the global box office, compared to the original\u2019s $353m (\u00a3261m).<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it goes the way the one that I was in went, I would just say, I don\u2019t know why you\u2019d do it,\u201d said Stone. \u201cI mean, go ahead, but good fucking luck.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued by questioning the logistics of her character\u2019s return. \u201cI\u2019m at that stage where I already retired once, and I already died a couple of times,\u201d Stone said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018What are you gonna do? Kill me again? Go ahead.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Speaking last week<\/a> to the Guardian\u2019s Simon Hattenstone, Stone was yet more scornful about the project, saying: \u201cThere\u2019s not going to be a Basic Instinct reboot. I hate to break it to you, but Joe Eszterhas couldn\u2019t write himself out of a Walgreens drug store.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stone, who is now promoting Nobody 2<\/a>, went on to say she \u201cpretty much owned the 90s as an actress\u201d before explaining that a stroke that led to a brain haemorrhage in 2001 stopped her working.<\/p>\n

She then took time out to raise a family before returning to acting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to leave it on the screen,\u201d she said, \u201cbecause it lasts for ever, and I won\u2019t. And I\u2019m sure of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month is was reported that Eszterhas, 80, has signed a deal with Amazon MGM: the streamer guarantees a $2m (\u00a31.5m) fee for his new Basic Instinct script, which will be upped to $4m (\u00a33m) should the film be made, making it the most lucrative spec sale of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo those who question what an 80-year-old man is doing writing a sexy, erotic thriller: the rumours of my cinematic impotence are exaggerated and ageist,\u201d Esztherhas said, in a statement to the Wrap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call my writing partner the TWISTED LITTLE MAN and he lives somewhere deep inside me. He was born 29 and he will die 29 and he tells me he is \u2018sky high up\u2019 to write this piece and provide viewers with a wild and orgasmic ride. That makes me very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The actor Sharon Stone has expressed scepticism about the Basic Instinct reboot currently being scripted by the original…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-81261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}