Sharon Stone doesn’t approve of the planned “Basic Instinct” reboot.
During a new interview on “Today,” the 67-year-old actress slammed Amazon MGM Studios’ intentions to remake her iconic 1992 erotic thriller, which also starred Michael Douglas.
“If it goes the way the one that I was in went, I would just say, I don’t know why you’d do it,” Stone told Craig Melvin.
“I mean, go ahead, but good f—ing luck,” she added.
In Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct,” Stone plays a seductive writer who becomes the prime suspect in the murder investigation of a rich rock star. She reprised the role for the 2006 sequel which, unlike the original, bombed at the box office and got scathing reviews from critics.
After Stone gave her blunt response about the reboot, Melvin, 46, told the actress that he found her take to be refreshing.
“I’m at that stage where I already retired once, and I already died a couple of times,” Stone explained. “I’m like, ‘What are you gonna do? Kill me again? Go ahead.’”
Variety reported last month that Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber acquired the rights to the “Basic Instinct” reboot.
Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the first two films, will reportedly pen the script for the remake.
“To those who question what an 80-year-old man is doing writing a sexy, erotic thriller: the rumors of my cinematic impotence are exaggerated and ageist,” Esztherhas said in a statement to The Wrap. “I 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 ‘sky high up’ to write this piece and provide viewers with a wild and orgasmic ride. That makes me very happy.”
The Wrap also reported that the reboot is expected to be “anti-woke.”
Despite the film’s massive success, Stone previously shared that filming “Basic Instinct” was a “scary” process.
“I got to confront my whole self, and that’s a scary journey,” she told People in 2023. “But once you do it, you walk away with a tremendous amount of confidence because you’ve had to look at all of yourself, parts of yourself you would never have to dig deep and look at, scary parts, dark parts, concerning parts.”
“And once you do that, you get quite a bit of confidence because you’ve really looked into the dark mirror,” she added.
Earlier this month, Stone told Business Insider why her infamous leg-crossing scene wasn’t removed from the film.
“I very much believe that none of us knew at the time what we were getting in regard to that shot, and when Paul got it, he didn’t want to lose it, and he was scared to show me. And I get that,” said Stone.
“Once I had time to calm down, I didn’t make him take it out of the movie when I had the legal right to,” she said, adding, “I didn’t because once had the chance to step back, I understood, as the director, not the girl in the film, that that made the movie better.”
