Sharon Stone's leg crossover scene left viewers stunned when the first "Basic Instinct" movie was released but it was only learned a little later that even the actress herself was shocked.
According to the New Zealand Herald, Sharon Stone's leg crossover scene left her shocked when she viewed the movie for the first time in a theater full of people.
Sharon Stone's leg crossover scene being played out in the actual film caught her by surprise, mainly because she herself wasn't aware of how much of her was exposed.
Stone was reportedly reluctant to go commando for the famous scene, but "Basic Instinct" director Paul Verhoeven told her that nothing would be seen.
However, when she watched the completed movie during its premiere, Stone was shocked and angered by how much of her was exposed.
"When we did it, it was going to be an innuendo and the director said, 'We're seeing the white of your underwear, I need you to take them off.' And I'm like, 'I don't want you to see anything and he's like, 'No, no you're not going to'," said Stone about the famous leg crossover scene.
"So I gave him the underwear, put them in the pocket of his shirt, and he said, 'Now watch on the monitor," added Stone.
"In those days ... it's not like now where everything is high definition, and when I looked at the monitor you really couldn't see anything," she continued.
"So when I saw it in the theatre, with a bunch of other people, I was like (in shock). When the film ended I went in the booth and I slapped him (Verhoeven) and I said, 'You could have showed this to me by myself'."
Despite the shock she received watching the scene for the first time, Stone confessed she would have kept the scene in the film if she had been the director.
"It's so right for the movie and so right for the character but if I would have gotten that (perfect shot), even by accident, I would have had the courtesy to show it to my actor.
"But, I would have kept it in the movie," Stone conceded.
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