Sharon Stone: ‘Basic Instinct” gave me backbone

Los Angeles, Feb 17 : Hollywood star Sharon Stone says she learned "how to have a spine" after her iconic role in the 1992 movie Basic Instinct.Stone told Instyle: "I was 32 when I got the part of Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct.

It was probably as late as you could be in your career without a big break.

But from the moment I read the script, I knew I was the right person for the role.It was an intellectually complex part, and I felt like I had a real grasp on it." Stone, who only made $500,000 on the picture while her co-star Michael Douglas took home $14 million, and made sure she was given the option to "keep the clothes" in her contract, femalefirst.co.uk.She said: "People thought I was crazy, but the truth is I wasnt getting paid much compared to my male co-star, so keeping my costumes was a really smart thing to do."The Catwoman star said that she was asked to lose her knickers before filming the movies famous interrogation scene as it was "reflecting the light".Stone said: "The cinematographer told me that they couldnt see anything.In those days, the monitors were much less sophisticated than they are now, so even when they played it back for me, I didnt see any issues.

"However, Sharon didnt realise that people could see up her skirt and thinks it would have been "much fairer and more reasonable" if someone had run it by her before it was filmed.She said: "It wouldve been a much fairer and more reasonable thing for them to have shown it to me alone first, but it was a part of the movie, and Im sure they didnt want some new actress overreacting and telling them what to do."dc/svn/ Stone stated: "The cinematographer told me that they could not see anything.At the time, the monitors were less advanced than they are today and, even when they replayed it to me, I couldnt spot any issues.

"However, Sharon didnt realise that people could have a look at her skirt.She believes that it wouldve been "much more fair and reasonable" when someone had taken a look prior to it being filmed.

She stated: "It wouldve been a more fair and reasonable decision to show it to me by myself first however, it was part of the film and Im certain they didnt want a new actress to be overreacting and telling them what to do.