Sharon Stone became an icon of sensuality while Sylvester Stallone earned the label of Hollywood's 'badass'. On one occasion, both shared the screen but the actress did not want to shoot a bawdy scene with him.
During the 1990s, Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone were already considered great Hollywood actors. He was already established in the action genre thanks to Rocky and Rambo, while she, despite having participated in a large number of films, had gained notoriety after her passing through Basic Instinct.
In this way, he with her strong appearance and her as the symbol of the decade, was summoned in 1994 to star in The Specialist. The film was directed by Luis Llosa and in addition to having Stone and Stallone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, and Rod Steiger were also part of the cast.
As for its plot, it followed May Munro (Stone) a woman who seeks revenge for the murder of her parents. So she hires an explosives expert (Stallone) to help her.
The truth is that the film, despite having been a box-office success, was ousted by critics. The film currently has a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. All aspects of it were bad, the performances, and the story, they even criticized the bad chemistry between the actors and the bad execution of the risqué scenes.
And in the latter comes the problem. Throughout the film, Sharon Stone's character begins a romantic and passionate relationship with Stallone's character and some scenes loaded with high voltage and explicit content can be seen. But the truth is that the actress did not want to film the scenes and she had to do them, almost by force.
Sylvester Stallone himself spoke about it. “We get to the set and she decides that she didn't want to take her robe off. Even after the manager asked the workers to leave the room, she still refused. I had promised her that I was not going to mess with her and I did not understand what the problem was, "said the actor. "I'm sick of taking her clothes off" was the response of the Low Instinct actress, to which Stallone replied that she "got fed up with someone else's movie."
Time passed and they could not convince her of it, so the actor went to her dressing room and took out a bottle of vodka that Michael Douglas had given him. “After half a dozen drinks she let go and we filmed the scene,” the actor revealed.
The truth is that Sharon Stone ended up shooting the scene against her will, because she did not feel comfortable doing it. And this was noticeable on the screen as this scene was widely criticized for seeming forced and unrealistic. In addition to being considered one of the worst in cinema.
Stone opened up about it and revealed that after Basic Instinct, everyone came to consider her a symbol and the roles she was offered were only to take off her clothes. "I never felt like a symbol," revealed the actress during an interview, and she also took advantage of the space to talk about the treatment women receive in the industry.
“They neglect women. Most movies are written by men, directed by men, made by men. They are made with the male mindset without considering what women are really like. That's why a lot of my characters are drunk or drug addicted or crazy, that was the only way I could support the behavior of men in movies,” she revealed.
Of course, the film was a flop and the actress chose to leave the experience in the past and continue her career in more serious roles. For his part, Sylvester Stallone continued to take similar roles and play the role of hero and bully.
