"Good f*cking luck!" - Sharon Stone expresses her disapproval with Amazon MGM's Basic Instinct revival

Basic Instinct is back in the spotlight as Amazon MGM prepares a revival of the film, but Sharon Stone has made her stance very clear. The actress, who played Catherine Tramell in the original 1992 thriller, said that she did not support the new project.

Speaking about the revival on NBC's Today show on August 18, 2025, Stone dismissed it with a blunt response.

"If it goes the way the one that I was in went, I would just say, I don't know why you'd do it. I mean, go ahead, but good f*cking luck," she said.

Stone explained that she viewed the film as belonging to a specific period in Hollywood and questioned the decision to revisit it now. While she did not expand on the creative details of the remake, her rejection of the idea added weight to the conversation about how remakes are perceived today.

The Basic Instinct revival is being developed by Amazon MGM with no casting or directing details confirmed yet. Stone's reaction suggested the project will likely face scrutiny given her deep association with the role. Her words highlighted the uncertainty around whether a revival could capture the same impact more than three decades later.

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Sharon Stone talks about the impact of Basic Instinct

Sharon Stone speaks onstage at the American Heart Association's Red Dress Collection Concert 2025 (Image via Getty)

Sharon Stone's comments about the revival of Basic Instinct came during her interview on NBC's Today show.

"I'm at that stage in my life where I already retired once, and I already died a couple of times. I'm like, 'What are you gonna do? Kill me again? Go ahead,'" Stone said, reflecting on her career.

She added that she wanted her legacy to be left on screen.

"I want to leave it on the screen. Because it lasts forever. And I won't. And I'm sure of that," she said.

Stone has previously reflected on the impact of Basic Instinct in other interviews as well. Appearing on Who's Talking to Chris Wallace in 2023, she talked about the famous interrogation scene.

"You see so little of anything in this film, actually. And now we see men with full frontal nudity on television. But still, we look at that film as such a scandalous, controversial moment in filmmaking. And really, it's quite benign by comparison to almost anything you see now," she said.

At the Taormina Film Festival in 2024, which was reported by Deadline on July 19, 2024, Stone again talekd about the film's impact.

"[At the time] it seemed like a scandal, and now it seems very, very ordinary... I think that now that women are writing, directing, producing, filming and more and more a part of filmmaking, films are less about men writing films about their fantasies of the way women are," she said.

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Amazon MGM's plans for Basic Instinct revival

Sharon Stone at the Basic Instinct photocall during the 45th Cannes Film Festival (Image via WireImage/Getty)

Amazon MGM confirmed earlier in 2025 that it was developing a Basic Instinct revival. Producer Scott Stuber and United Artists obtained the rights, with original screenwriter Joe Eszterhas returning. The Wrap first reported on July 17, 2025, that the new version was expected to be "anti-woke."

Eszterhas closed a $4 million deal to write the reboot, the biggest spec script sale of the year so far.

"To those who question what an 80-year-old man is doing writing a sexy, erotic thriller: the rumors of my cinematic impotence are exaggerated and ageist. I call my writing partner the TWISTED LITTLE MAN and he lives somewhere deep inside me," he said to The Wrap.

He explained that his alter ego, which he called the Twisted Little Man, was forever 29 and told him he was "sky high up" to write the project and give viewers an intense experience, something that Eszterhas said made him very happy. The project remains in early development. No casting or director has been announced yet.

Sharon Stone's reaction to the plans of the revival underscores how closely tied she remains to the legacy of the original film.

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Cast reflections on Basic Instinct

Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas on the set of Basic Instinct, directed by Paul Verhoeven (Image via Getty)

Sharon Stone is not the only cast member to revisit Basic Instinct in recent months. Michael Douglas refuted claims that he and Stone had a heated argument before the film. In a People report published on August 4, 2025, Douglas' representative Allen Burry said he was "very surprised" by Stone's claim and that he couldn’t recall having "any argument in that timeframe."

Stone described the dispute in a Business Insider report on August 2, 2025.

"Michael Douglas did not want to put his bare ass out on the screen with an unknown - and I understood that. He wouldn't even test with me, but that was also for a different reason: We had an argument prior to that," she revealed.

She recalled that during a gathering in Cannes, Douglas had shouted at her after a disagreement.

"So he screams this at me across a whole group of people. And I'm not the person who goes, "Oh, excuse me, superstar." I pushed back my chair and said to him, "Let's step outside." That's how we first met," she added.

Stone later explained that the tension ultimately helped their onscreen chemistry. She noted that she was not rattled when Douglas yelled, which was useful for her character, given that he had a temper. According to Stone, this dynamic worked well, and they eventually became "the greatest of friends, to this day," with her expressing deep admiration for him.

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The legacy of Basic Instinct

Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct, a role that remains central to the film’s legacy (Image via Amazon Prime Video)

Basic Instinct continues to be discussed more than 30 years after its release. The film's interrogation scene became one of the most parodied and analyzed in cinema. Stone herself wrote in her 2021 memoir The Beauty of Living Twice that she first saw the infamous shot at a screening and confronted director Paul Verhoeven, even slapping him. She later chose not to have the scene removed.

In her 2021 memoir, Stone explained that once she had the chance to step back, she understood, as the director rather than the actress, that the shot made the movie better. Despite disagreements, Stone acknowledged that the film defined her career.

"It made me an icon, but it didn't bring me respect," she said in her Business Insider interview.

Stone also explained that her later reflections helped her see the film's impact differently.

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With Amazon MGM's revival in development and Joe Eszterhas attached, the project will face scrutiny from critics and fans alike. Sharon Stone's blunt dismissal and her reflections highlight the weight of expectation surrounding any new version of Basic Instinct.