Sharon Stone thinks Trump supporters probably aren’t fans of “ Basic Instinct .” The actress told The Hollywood Reporter that while her iconic bisexual femme fatale character, crime novelist Catherine Tramell, is considered controversial by some, their reactions are more indicative of a political viewpoint on feminism. “I guess it depends on if she scares you or not,” Stone said of the 1992 role.
“I would say MAGA people would probably think she’s scary.” When asked if she personally found supposed murderess Catherine Tramell to be a “scary” character, Stone said, “I wanted to play her so badly that I had the script on top of my refrigerator for eight months. I just kept thinking, ‘I’m going to manifest this, I’m going to get this part,’ as they offered it to everybody else on the planet.
I was the 13th choice. The line producer told me that relentlessly though the entire shoot while he called me Karen. ‘You, Karen, were the 13th choice.
'” The legendary star continued, “ Hollywood is set up to be misogynistic . It’s a business run by men. It’s a business where men make the money.
Where men write, produce and direct the projects. Where men write the parts that are played by women. And those parts are not written about real women.
They’re written to be the fantasy of how women should be. Then, the male critics tell you if you met the fantasy or not, if you behaved in the right way.” The boundary-pushing qualities of neo-noir “Basic .
