'Women championed that movie men were obsessed with a woman who could make it stop.

It's about more than just a peek up my skirt, people. 'Do you have any idea how many people have watched Basic Instinct in the last 20-something years?' Stone goes on to say. Stone explains in her book that her lawyer, Marty Singer, claimed that the shot had been taken illegally, but she later allowed the shot to be used in the film.

She says that she first saw the scene in 'a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project' and immediately went and slapped director Paul Verhoeven. 'We can't see anything, I just need you to remove your panties, as the white is reflecting the light, so we know you have panties on,' Stone says she was told. In her forthcoming memoir, Stone explains that she was tricked into not wearing underwear for that scene over a supposed lighting issue. And no one is allowed to take that away from you.Sharon Stone has revealed the story behind her famous leg cross in 'Basic Instinct', the movie which shot her to international stardom. “Because we have every right to be powerful in whatever form of sexuality we choose to have. “And I would suggest that you all do the same,” she added. What are you going to do with it? I’ll tell you what I did with mine.”Īfter crossing her legs again, Stone said, “I respected it.” Sharon Stone's seated speech at the GQ Men of the Year 2019 awards earned her a standing ovation. The time to decide what you do with the tender, important, beautiful, savage, passionate, most important part of yourself. So the time to decide who you are is now. And people are going to ask you a lot of difficult questions, if they haven’t already. And you’re going to be held accountable for it, if you haven’t already. “But I'll tell you this: You're going to have one if you haven't had it already.

“One you might be aware of when it's happening and one you might not. “Each and every one of you is going to have a moment like mine - a moment that changes your life,” she said 27 years after her big-screen moment. It was meant to illustrate a point about women, sexuality, shaming and actual power, issues that reach far beyond the entertainment industry in the age of #MeToo. Getty Imagesīut repeating the routine wasn’t really meant to be empowering. Let’s do it again.” Award winner Sharon Stone speaks onstage during the GQ Men of the Year awards show.

Basic instinct leg cross scene