A series of flops from Diabolique to Gloria long ago proved that Sharon Stone can’t open a movie. But the folks behind Basic Instinct 2 hope her vagina still can.
The long-delayed sequel to Stone’s lone box office hit was reportedly only made because producers - facing a lawsuit from Stone when the project looked like it wouldn’t happen - decided it would be cheaper and easier just to make the damn movie.
BI2’s entire marketing campaign does what all the best sequel marketing campaigns do: It takes the thing people remember best about the original, and makes it clear that every frame of the sequel revolves around it. In this case, that thing is Sharon’s lady parts.
Take this interview, in which Sharon insists that the sequel’s increased nudity was all her idea. Or this widely circulated, totally porny promo reel. All this from the woman who still maintains that Paul Verhoeven “tricked” her into doing the original’s notorious vag-flash.
Rumor has it that if Basic Instinct 2 is a hit, Sharon’s vagina will start commanding $20 million a picture, putting it in a similar salary range as Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon.
And they say there are no good women’s parts in the movies.
More sex! More nudity! More kinky! [Telegraph]
Sharon naked in ‘Basic Instinct 2′ promo video [The DarkHat]
Miss Blind Texas heard the whole thing, while Miss Mute Texas wept. Silently.
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