The actress spoke of the misogyny and injustice that she was the target of after having participated in the renowned film.
Bass Instinct is considered one of the best thrillers of the 90s. The film not only meant a before and after for the mecca of cinema but also catapulted the careers of its protagonists, Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone; however, for the actress, the repercussions were not entirely positive.
During an episode of the Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi podcast, the American actress revealed that a judge questioned her ability to be a mother due to her participation in the 1992 film, directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Sharon Stone said that the fame she acquired after Low Instincts worked against her after her divorce from Phil Bronstein in 2004, since during the trial to define who would keep custody of Roan, the son they adopted together, the judge questioned her integrity due to the role he played in the film.
"The judge asked my son, my little boy, 'do you know that your mother makes adult movies?' She's kind of an abuser of the system, that the kind of mother that she was was appreciated just for having made that movie."
The actress, whose son was only 8 years old at the time, stressed that it was abuse and added that she still cannot believe that the brief sequence in which she is apparently N- was enough for a judge to question the role. from her mom
"Today people walk around N- in television series and nothing happens, and in my case, it took 16 seconds of a possible N- of mine for me to lose custody of my son."
Sharon Stone suffered health problems after losing custody of her son
In 2008, the Hollywood star tried to appeal the court's decision, but the result turned out to be the same. The sentence was a hard blow for the actress because as a result she faced serious health problems and was diagnosed with an eating disorder.
"I ended up at the Mayo Clinic with extra beats in the upper and lower chambers of my heart," she commented, "When we use the phrase breaks my heart, it literally broke my heart."
