Sharon Stone, a renowned Hollywood actress, has revealed the name of the producer who suggested she should have sexual relations with her co-stars. In her 2021 memoir, she hinted at such a request from a producer but withheld specifics. Recently, during a podcast interview, she identified Robert Evans as the producer who proposed she sleep with William Baldwin to enhance his performance in the movie ‘Sliver’.
In ‘Sliver’, a 1993 thriller, Sharon Stone played Carly Norris, a divorcee and book editor, amidst a storyline involving the lives of the residents of her new apartment building, including Zeke Hawkins, played by William Baldwin. Stone recounted on the Louis Theroux podcast how Evans, donning sunglasses, boasted about his affair with Ava Gardner and insisted that sleeping with Baldwin would spark on-screen chemistry and salvage the movie. She criticized this approach, highlighting her own professionalism and reluctance to resolve tension through sexual means, which she felt was expected of a “real actress”.
Sharon Stone has had a distinguished career with roles in movies like ‘Total Recall’, ‘The Mighty’, ‘Casino’, and ‘The Last Action Hero’, including ‘Basic Instinct’ alongside Michael Douglas. She criticized the industry’s casting practices, contrasting her experience with Douglas, who was professional and well-prepared, thus not necessitating any sexual engagement for on-screen chemistry. Stone lamented that this type of expectation has categorized her as difficult, impacting her opportunities, such as a significant role in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’, for which she received an Oscar nomination.
