Sharon Stone has finally revealed the identity of the producer who pressured her to have sex with a co-star for the first time — as well as the actor she had to get intimate with to improve on-screen chemistry.
The actress, 66, previously discussed the situation with her 2021 memoir – without revealing identities – but has now revealed the producer was Robert Evans, the actor Alec Baldwin‘s brother Billy, and the movie was Sliver in 1993.
Evans, who died in 2019, was also a producer on Chinatown and The Cotton Club, and led production at Paramount on The Godfather, The Italian Job, True Grit and The Great Gatsby.
Sliver was Sharon’s next film after achieving major success and megastardom in last year’s hit Basic Instinct.
Speaking Louis Theroux’s podcastshe said, “They expected me to take home another huge hit and they gave me casting approval and they gave me all these approvals, but when it came time for me to do it, they told me it was a vanity deal and I couldn’t get my approval.
Sharon Stone has revealed for the first time the names involved when a producer told her to have sex with her co-star to improve his performance in a film and add chemistry to their on-screen relationship
The 66-year-old actress previously detailed the pressure put on her in her 2021 memoir – without revealing identities – but has now revealed the film was Sliver with Billy Baldwin
She claimed the producer in question was Robert Evans, who died in 2019 (photo in 2014)
“Then they started blaming me for their mistakes, and they made terrible mistakes in the way they hired and cast directors.”
She said former actor and producer Evans summoned her to his office to ask if she could sleep with leading man William Baldwin, one of four acting brothers.
She said: ‘He called me into his office. It had really low couches from the 70s and 80s, so I’m actually sitting on the floor when I should have been standing on the set.
“And he runs around his office in sunglasses explaining to me that he slept with Ava Gardner and that I should sleep with Billy Baldwin because if I slept with Billy Baldwin, Billy Baldwin’s performance would be better.
“And we needed Billy to get better in the movie because that was the problem.
“And if I could sleep with Billy, we’d have onscreen chemistry, and if I just had sex with him, that would save the movie, and the real problem with the movie was me, because I was so tense, and so not like a real actress who can just fuck him and get things back on track. The real problem was that I was so tight.’
Sharon said that when she heard his request, she simply couldn’t help but think about why he hadn’t listened to the list of actors she suggested for Baldwin’s role as Zeke Hawkins, and why the film’s bosses expected her to stop working with Michael Douglas would star in Basic Instinct. to Baldwin.
She added: “I didn’t have to fuck Michael Douglas. “Michael could come to work and know how to hit those marks, and do that line, and rehearse and show up.
Sliver was Sharon’s next film after achieving huge success and megastardom in last year’s hit Basic Instinct
Sharon said, “(Evans) runs around his office with sunglasses explaining to me that he slept with Ava Gardner and that I should sleep with Billy Baldwin because if I slept with Billy Baldwin, Billy Baldwin’s performance would better’
Sharon said Sliver still took in a significant $280 million at the box office even though it fell below expectations
“Now suddenly I’m in the ‘I have to fuck people’ business.”
Sharon said that Sliver still took in a significant $280 million at the box office even though it fell short of expectations.
Elsewhere during the interview, Sharon sheds light on working with cult classic Casino star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Speaking about her co-star, she talks about how the hunk helped her ‘lift weights’ and build muscle for the film ahead of their on-screen fight scene as husband and wife.
She also described him as a “brilliant man” as she delved into her time together with Schwarzenegger.
Moving on to Sharon’s love life, the two discuss Sharon’s use of the dating app Bumble after Louis points out that she “got kicked off for pretending to be herself.”
Additionally, she also reveals that she “ended up undergoing all kinds of different kinds of experiments.”
While on the app during the pandemic, she found herself “Facetiming people and chatting for long periods of time,” describing the dates she was on as an “emergency.”
