In a candid conversation, famous actress Sharon Stone opened up about her struggle in Hollywood after suffering a stroke.
The iconic star, known for playing femme fatales and mysterious women on the big screen, shared that she felt neglected and sidelined by the industry for more than two decades following her health crisis.
Stone, now 65, expressed her frustration and disappointment at the lack of opportunities she received during this period, despite her previous status as a leading lady.
Read on to learn more.
Sharon Stone Feels Insulted By The Industry
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Speaking at a recent event Hollywood Reporter’s program Raising Our Voices, Stone discussed the effects of her stroke, which occurred in 2001. At the height of her career, the actress suffered a severe brain hemorrhage that left her with significant physical and cognitive challenges.
After his recovery two years later, the “Casino” star returned to the movie scene but found it difficult to regain his status as one of Hollywood’s leading stars.
“I recovered for seven years, and I haven’t had a job since,” he lamented. “When it first happened, I didn’t want to tell anyone because you know if there’s a problem with you, you’re out. There’s a problem with me — I’ve been out for 20 years.”
Stone added, “I don’t have a job. I was a very big movie star at one point in my life.
He revealed that the roles he got after his stroke couldn’t be compared to the ones he had worked on before.
He Faced Obstacles After Choosing To Stand Alone
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In the candid and heartfelt interview, Stone also opened up about the challenges she faced in the entertainment industry after she decided to stand up for herself more, noting that it might be why she couldn’t get a job.
The “Basic Instinct” star emphasized that the effects of her stroke exacerbated the existing gender gap in Hollywood.
Stone expressed his frustration, stating, “I broke a lot of glass ceilings at the top of my head. I want to tell you that it hurts. It hurts when you get a salary. It hurts to fight the head of the studio.”
She continued, “It was really painful to make boundaries, boundaries about who could come in my trailer and what they could ask for; boundaries about the fact that I didn’t want to sign my contract in my makeup trailer the day I started the show.”
The movie star also stated that “It hurts to say that I had, like any company, the opportunity to have my lawyer read my contract and that I didn’t have to start the plan of signing my unread contract in a makeup trailer.”
Sharon Stone Advocates For The Underrepresented
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Despite the difficulties she faced, Stone remained resilient and committed to fighting for equality and better representation in the entertainment industry.
The actor, who actively supports several charitable causes and organizations, continues to detail his advocacy work with the World Health Organization and the United Nations in an effort to help those who are underrepresented in the industry.
“It’s important to me that your diversity is not erased by these anti-wake**t ideas in our country,” the actress shared. “This democratic experiment is very meaningful. It means a lot. The overdrive of a controlled government society — whatever you want to call it, whatever people want to label it — is also an experiment. It doesn’t mean it happened. This means it’s an experiment to see if you’ll eat it. Will you eat controlled government? Are you going to eat a controlled studio system? What will you eat or will you stand and be counted?”
Sharon Stone Loses Custody of Her Child for Movie Role
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During her March appearance on the “Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi” podcast, Stone revealed that her iconic role in the 1992 erotic film “Basic Instinct” had a profound effect on her personal life, leading to the loss of custody of her son, Roan.
follow Page Sixthe actress, best known for her captivating performance as Catherine Tramell in the 1992 thriller, recently opened up about the challenges she faced as a mother after the controversial film.
“I lost custody of my son,” Stone said. “When the judge asked my son – my little son, ‘Did you know your mother made a sex film?’ This kind of abuse by the system, that I am considered what kind of parent because I made the film.”
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She continued, “People are walking around completely naked on regular TV now, and you might see like sixteen seconds of my possible nudity — and I lose custody of my child.”
She shares her adopted son, Roan, with ex-husband Phil Bronstein. The former couple tied the knot in 1998 and adopted their son two years later, but divorced in 2003.
Bronstein won primary custody of Roan after a judge argued that he could provide a more stable environment at his San Francisco residence.
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