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Why Was Sharon Stone A-List In The 90s When She Never Had A HIT MOVIE?


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Other than Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone never had a hit movie.

So why was she A-List with tons of scripts heading her way in the 90s?
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https://lebeauleblog.com/2012/01/08/what-the-hell-happened-to-sharon-stone/

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She wasn't the star, but TOTAL RECALL, right before BASIC INSTINCT, was a hit as well...and I think some of her following films, such as CASINO, must have made money.

She did look like she might really take off there, for a minute.

What's ironic about her success in BASIC INSTINCT is that the part was offered to practically every actress in Hollywood before her. The first choice was Greta Schacci, then Michelle Pfeiffer...then they just got desperate.

She looks DIVINE in her screen test, though. No wonder they hired her. It's funny tho if you watch it, that there's a moment early on when the director (who's reading the other lines offscreen, doesn't come in with the cue....and her eyes eventually drift around, like "Help??"

SEE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjopJ5kmr1w
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I thought basic instinct was a hit. I mean judging by the way every one kept talking about it for like an entire month.

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Casino wasn't a hit movie?

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In her prime she was as hot as any actress in Hollyweird today.

That will make you A- list.

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The Quick and the Dead was a hit too, good movie...great cast!

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