However, she has since distanced herself from it to a degree. The scene became the film’s most talked about moment, was often parodied, and did nothing to stop Stone from becoming a star. And, at one point, uncrosses her legs to reveal she is not wearing undergarments. During an interrogation, where there are several men in a rather large room, she continually messes with them. In Basic Instinct, Stone plays Catherine Tramell, a sexually confident author accused of killing a man with an ice pick. How could they not know? So let’s trace this story back a ways. But the stories should at least acknowledge that Stone has shared this tale many times over the years. How could all these entertainment writers not know this was old news? I get writing click-bait headlines, I have no issue with that. Initially, I was annoyed about the coverage, which was from a book excerpt published on Vanity Fair’s website from Stone’s upcoming tell-all.
And the media, by and large, have been eating it up. Stories have popped up everywhere today about Sharon Stone and her infamous “uncrossed legs” maneuver in 1992’s Basic Instinct.