Back when Harvey Weinstein was exposed in early October 2017, the #MeToo movement began to spread virally as a hashtag on social media. And when celebrated actress Alyssa Milano relayed her friend’s idea that if every woman who has been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too’ as a status, it would show the world just how big the problem really is.
If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 15, 2017
This has caused a surge of #MeToo confessions from high-profile celebrities. But as stated by Sharon Stone, this isn’t just about Hollywood — this is a global issue.
The 63-year-old actress revealed that in the past, a former manager once told her that no one wanted to hire because she wasn’t attractive enough. She also mentioned that she once worked with a “#MeToo candidate” who made life on set difficult for her because she refused to sit on his lap.
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She also recalled a moment where an inadequate chemistry between herself and a co-star was blamed on her simply because she refused to engage with him in a sexual manner off-screen.
“I felt they could have just hired a co-star with talent, someone who could deliver a scene and remember his lines,” Stone recalled.
The actress also recalled a moment of betrayal when a particular scene in the film Basic Instinct showed a part of her body exposed, despite prior promises that “we can’t see anything.”
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Upon further reflection, Stone says she spoke with director Paul Verhoeven about the discussion she’d had with her attorney.
“Of course, he vehemently denied that I had any choices at all,” she wrote. “I was just an actress, just a woman; what choices could I have?”
In the end, for the sake of the film, Stone relented.
She elaborated by saying,
“But I did have choices. So I thought and thought and I chose to allow this scene in the film. Why? Because it was correct for the film and for the character; and because, after all, I did it.”
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For his part, Verhoeven has denied the claims of Stone, suggesting that the actress was clear, from the get-go, on what the scene would entail.
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