Sharon Stone ‘nearly died’ after ‘Basic Instinct’ role, she says

Sharon Stone says "darkness" came into her life after her villainous role in "Basic Instinct."

Stone, during an appearance on the "Mayim Bialik's Breakdown" podcast on Tuesday, Sept. 8, recalled roles that "scared" her, including the 1992 erotic thriller costarring Michael Douglas.

The actress said she did not mentally separate herself enough from her character in the film, in which she played Catherine Tramell, a provocative crime novelist and psychopathic serial killer.

"When I did 'Basic Instinct' and I had to … really look at darkness, and yet I was very still young and inexperienced," Stone, 68, said. "And I didn't understand about holding the core, the core self, the golden self, and then wrapping the character around it with the power of the self driving it. But just bringing it all in there and looking at it all, I opened some dark doors."

As a result of her critically acclaimed performance, Stone said, "Real dark people identified and came into my life thinking, 'Oh, you really are like me.'"

She continued, "Dark people, dark things, dangerous things came into my life because they thought, 'You're like me.' And then people believed some of the dark things that were said…

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