Sharon Stone (actress): ”Paul [director Paul Verhoeven] said I had to take my underwear off because they

were retlecting white light, and it was a story point in the scene before that I wasn't wearing any. Daul said, ‘You
won't see anything. It will be shown in shadows.’ I felt violated, humiliated—pissed. I could have put out an injunc—
tion against the release ot the picture, but I believe too much in it as a whole. Men have been able to flaunt their
sexuality tor centuries and shove it down your throat. And you see Catherine sitting there going, ‘How do you
like it buddy? Does that make you uncomfortable? I bet it does.m

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