When asked by the outlet how she landed the role, Stone shared that filmmaker Paul Verhoeven — who directed her in Total Recall two years earlier — didn't bring up Basic Instinct to her when they filmed their previous movie. "What happened was I wanted the part, but nobody would give me the script," Stone shared.

Before starring together in "Basic Instinct," Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas had a heated argument that Stone says almost cost her the role.

Michael Douglas has pushed back on claims that he and Sharon Stone argued in a chance meeting before starring in “Basic Instinct” together. Stone, who recounted her break out role as villainess Catherine Tramell in the 1992 erotic thriller,