The flip side of Sharon Stone's fame: What the Hollywood star hid from the press

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

In the 1990s. she was called one of the most successful, sought-after and famous Hollywood stars and one of the most desirable women in the world. And at the beginning of the XXI century, Sharon Stone suddenly disappeared from the screens and stopped appearing in public. For a long time, nothing was known about the reasons for this pause in her film career - the actress carefully concealed from the public what she had experienced. And only recently did she talk about how she once found herself on the verge of death, and how at that moment the closest person left her alone …

On the screens they used to see her in one role - a seductive beauty, and no one knew that in real life she was very far from the image she created in Basic Instinct. An intellectual with a high IQ, she went to school at the age of 5 straight to the second grade, finished her studies earlier and entered the university at the age of 15 at the department of fiction. In parallel with her studies, Sharon worked part-time at McDonald's. She was rather withdrawn, and she preferred to spend her free time not in noisy companies, but reading books. The girl tried to overcome her natural shyness by arranging theatrical performances in her garage.

She herself never considered herself a beauty, but those around her could not help but pay attention to her spectacular appearance. Once she was offered to star in commercials, and Sharon Stone began her career as a photo model. Then she was lucky enough to get an episode in Woody Allen's film "Stardust Memories", but the successful film debut was followed by subtle roles in the series.

Only 10 years later, the first success comes to her - after the release of Paul Verhoeven's film Total Recall, where Arnold Schwarzenegger became Stone's partner on the set. In the American box office, this fantastic action movie grossed almost $ 120 million, and in the world - more than 260 million! After 2 years, Paul Verhoeven again invited Sharon Stone to star in his film, and the role of Catherine Tramell brings the actress worldwide fame and becomes her calling card. And the film "Basic Instinct" raises more than $ 350 million worldwide. For this work, Sharon Stone received 2 MTV Movie Awards for Best Actress and Most Desirable Woman.

Later, Sharon Stone admitted that "Basic Instinct" played an ambiguous role in her life: "".

After that, the actress for many years became a hostage to the image of a sexy and dangerous criminal. She was often offered the same type of roles, but they were all the main ones, and in the 1990s new films with Sharon Stone's participation were released annually: "Sliver", "Crossroads", "Specialist", "The Fast and the Dead", "The Last Dance", "Gloria", "Sphere", "Muse", etc. For the main role in the crime drama Martin Scorsese "Casino" Sharon Stone received a Golden Globe for Best Actress and was nominated for an Oscar. During this period, she became one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood.

However, at the beginning of the new century, a black streak began in her life. It would seem that she achieved everything that could only be dreamed of: Sharon Stone was successful in her profession and happy in her personal life. After several short-lived romances, one official marriage and one broken engagement at the age of 40, she finally found her happiness in marriage with journalist Phil Bronstein. They got married in 1998, but after 2 years a crisis was brewing in the relationship between the spouses. Due to health problems, the actress suffered 2 miscarriages and was never able to give birth to a child. Then she and her husband decided to adopt a child, and in 2000 they had a son, Roen Joseph Bronstein.

Sharon often complained of headaches, and during the examination she was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. In 2001, the 43-year-old actress suffered a stroke. That then she was on the verge of life and death, Sharon Stone told only in a recent interview, after celebrating her 60th anniversary: "".

2 years later, when the actress was still recovering from a stroke, her husband filed for divorce, and the right of custody of his son was awarded to him. It was the most difficult period in Sharon Stone's life. Later she said: "".

Then she was completely alone, almost all friends and relatives turned away from the helpless actress. Film critics, not knowing the real reason for the pause in her career, wrote that she died as an actress, that she was very old and looked bad, that she never had real talent. But Sharon did not talk about her misfortune, because she did not like when she was sorry: "". The recovery was very slow, but she did not give up. As a result, she managed to completely regain her former health. Since then, Sharon has given up alcohol and cigarettes and carefully monitors her physical form.

In addition, the actress managed to restore her parental rights in relation to Roen, after which she adopted two more boys - Laird Vonn Stone in 2005 and Quinn Kelly Stone in 2006. Sharon has repeatedly said that it was the children who helped her overcome all life's difficulties and became the new meaning of her life. In 2017, Sharon Stone was presented with the “Mom of the Year” award from one of the charitable foundations with which the star has been cooperating for a long time.

Today, the 61-year-old actress looks better than 15 years ago, feels great and continues to actively act in films. In the near future, it is expected to release new television series with her participation - "Sister Ratched" and "New Daddy". After a divorce from Phil Bronstein, Sharon Stone never married again, repeatedly declaring that she was disappointed in the relationship: "". But the actress met her 60th birthday in the company of a new boyfriend and, for the first time in a long time, again started talking about love and tenderness.

The audience is unlikely to know that the scandalous scene of the interrogation of the main character of Basic Instinct was not spelled out in the script and cost the actress a lot of nerves: Why Sharon Stone blinded the director.