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Sharon Stone And Mr. Lap

[Blind Gossip] Actress Sharon Stone, best known for her star-making role in the thriller film Basic Instinct, recently wrote a memoir about her life in Hollywood.

Several stories from the book were excerpted in Vanity Fair.

Three of the stories are blind items. Here is the first!

I am proud of my success in my work.

Each [project] is sweet, even if it didn’t work out as a box-office hit or even if the thing as a whole failed.

Even with the worst directors, like the one who wouldn’t direct me because I refused to sit in his lap to take direction.

This #MeToo candidate called me in to work every day for weeks, when [my son] Laird was a brand-new baby.

Sharon Stone has three sons. Here is an older photo of them.

Credit: Vince Bucci for People Magazine

Roan is now approximately 20, Laird is approximately 15, and Quinn is approximately 14.

[The Director] had me go through the works—hair, makeup, and wardrobe—and then wouldn’t shoot with me because I refused to sit in his lap and take direction.

Yes, this was a multimillion-dollar studio film, of which I was the star, and the studio didn’t say or do anything.

I just kept coming to work and spending the day constantly getting retouched in my trailer and being with my baby.

So she was a new mom, with the baby in her trailer, getting sexually harassed by her boss on the set. Furthermore, when she refused to comply with his demands for inappropriate contact, her obstructed her from doing her job. Unbelievable.

Of course the film was a bomb.

The level of insecurity and unprofessionalism, and I would guess drug abuse, required to make those kinds of choices never leads to good work.

Sharon throws shade on Mr. Lap Director!

But as a superstar, which at that point I was, and a woman, I had no say.

That was how it was in my day. Even a high, abusive director had more power than I did.

Name the director and the film.

Similar: Ho Ho Ho Slimy

Movie:

Mr. Lap Director:

[Optional] Your favorite Sharon Stone film?

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  1. rosebrook says

    Two of her kids in this picture look like future mass murderers.

    I dated a guy who was adopted–it didnt go well. Too much baggage.

  2. Dana5570 says

    Her son was born in 2000, which would make this around 1999 or so. Basic Instinct 2 came out in 2006. I’m going with Gloria and the director is Sidney Lumet.
    Optional: I like Basic Instinct but I’m going with Casino.

  3. cocopie says

    Basic instinct 2
    Michael Canton-Jones

    There’s pictures of her carrying baby Laird in London. BI2 had parts filmed in London.

    Also interesting and not surprising that Leo thanked him when he won his Oscar for The Revenant

    • scotsgal says

      Michael Caton-Jones was one of the only directors to call out Harvey W on his behaviour – I would hope it wouldn’t be him.

  4. Irises says

    Movie: Basic Instinct 2

    Director: Michael Caton-Jones

    Favorite Sharon Stone movie: The Muse

  11. DreamyVelvet says

    Jim Jarmusch
    Broken Flowers 2005

    He’s known to recast actors in his projects and thinks he’s all edgy, quirky and special. He’s whines about the #metoo movement and how it’s ruined Cannes for everyone. He’s a creep.

  14. GregoryPecker says

    My first thought was Mike Figgis – who, er, certainly likes the ladies – but “Cold Creek Manor” was 2003, and she didn’t adopt her second son until 2005.

    Which leaves either Michael Caton-Jones (for “Basic Instinct 2”) or Nick Cassavetes (for “Alpha Dog”).

  15. fanofgossip says

    All these grown women talking about the abuse they suffered, yet failed to protect the younger generation coming up. Not a peep. And now they expect applause for what they overcome? They made millions, others being harassed/abused at a workplace, do not.

    • SueSue says

      I don’t think all women were silent just because they didn’t say anything publicly; I imagine a lot of actresses talked with each other and with agents. It’s just that some men involved were so big and the system itself so poisoned that it couldn’t be stopped until women going public really gained momentum.

    • dylan_54 says

      I wouldn’t blame the women. Many probably have spoke up but are threatened behind closed doors. And when you have to work and take care of kids with bills to pay… what would you do? Hollywood is fickle.

    • High Steppa says

      I think she can name names at this point in time. Enough of these anonymous accusations – stand up for your fellow women!

  19. Britneys Scrunchie says

    Gloria
    Sidney Lumet
    Total Recall – turning her jazzercise kicks into a weapon

  20. fslimshady says

    I’ll go with Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)

    Director: Gary Nelson

  21. kellyp says

    It could be Basic Instinct 2 because that director has nothing good to say about her.

    I’m going with Alpha Dog with Nick Cassavetes. With both his mother and father in the business, I can see him thinking he’s all that.

    My favorite movie with her is Casino.

  23. MelvintheReanimated says

    Michael Caton-Jones, Basic Instinct 2

    2006, a year after Laird’s birth
    She’s the main star
    It was a huge bomb