| Show SHARON STONElcontinued Greenburg the film's producer From there it was off to Africa for King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold cheap Indiana made Jones knock-off- s She spent nearly a year in Zimbabwe and the primitive conditions she back-to-ba- ck had to live wider she says led to a quick bombs Back divorce and two box-offifrom Africa her career remained stick in movies like Action Jackson and Scissors Fmally a break came in 1990 with Total Recallin which she played Arnold wife Schwarzenegger's kick-boxiIt was after this movie that she rece ng ceived the Basic Instinct script from Paul Verhotvert the director of Total Recall who was set to direct the film "The day! read the screenplay" Sharon says "I knew I could play that role like no one else could" She had to wait five months to audition as the actresses under consideration for the part sent in their regrets When the invitation finally came Sharon says she was ready For more than a year she'd been practicing male roles in acting class In a subtle way she says the pait in Basic Instinct was like playing a male role: "The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new Most successful businessmen are in that zone 'No' is never perceived as the end of the line 'No' just means picking a new avenue This is survival in a male world It's admirable it's powerful In the female world it's been considered all sorts of ugly words I think it's the first time a woman is shown celebrating it doing it having a ball and getting away with it" As for the police incharacscene—Sharon's terrogation ter uncrosses her legs and a roomful of cops turn to jelly—it was "a power play" she says "I never thought the character really cared about sex at That's why it was so easy for her to use her sexuality—it had no value" How does it feel to finally be famous? "At first it was exhilarating" she says "but when I realized it wasn't going away it became scary and claustrophobic Fame is a weird thing When you get famous—I think Cary Grant said it best—it's not you so much that changes but the people around you People lose the reality that you're human that your feelings can be hurt that you feel inseam You're perceived as something different than human What it is I have yet to discoven" To illustrate the point Sharon recounts a recent visit to Milan to attend the Italian TV awards "I had a point now-famo- us car with two bodyguards a tail car with two more and I'm in the middle car with Bill MacDonald her fiancé We think we're covered until a crowd spots us They tip off the rearview mirrors the bumpers and they cover the car k inside They're until it's rocking it banging on it screaming and I'm thinking 'What if the win- dows break? What are they going to do to us?' Finally 200 riot police had to form a human chain to get us out" Sharon removes her shoes and places them in front of hen "What you have to do to keep your sanity is to think the person they want is in those shoes and you're sitting back here wondering what's going to happen to that person You have to separate yourself In the car that night we started singing I figured if we sang we'd be able to keep ourselves together" One thing about fame in the movie I AuGH p pitch-blac- Mac-Donal- toEe BY BUNNY HOEST AND JOHN REINER Afg°'----'' --- ' ' Z' - b - - '''' 1 '4‘l'k ne' 7 G w - 11 I ‘ 4111V business it increases the fortune Sharon received $500000 for Basic Instinct and $25 million each for Sliver and Intersection She was offered $5 million for Manhattan Ghost Story a possible future project It was during the filming of Sliver her next movie after Basic Instinct that she fell in love with William MacDonald the film's When wife called Sharon a homewmcker on a tabloid TV show the press descended "I never went on a date with Bill" she explains "We talked on the phone I told him he'd have to change his life if he wanted to see me Which he did Now that his marriage is being annulled we're living together and plan on getting married I'd love to have a family But it was a bizarre episode—to have my life turned into a media event to be painted to look like something I'm not was very hurtful Yet in a strange way it was like a spirimal renaissance for me because I've had to really grow as a person not to come out of this bitter and scarred" I ask her if she's happy "Real happiness comes from inside" Sharon says leaning forward "Nobody can give it to you I think I'm happiest when I'm playing with my goddaughter happiest when I'm riding horses when I'm with friends when I'm cooking dinner when I'm in a darkened audience watching a performer I admire" As far as dealing with fame is concerned she says "A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Ai- d that cures their ills I'm no kid and I knew long before I got famous that that wasn't the deal I'm the court jester not the queen I know that but when you get zapped to movie stardom that can do it for a lot of people but you're still an entertainez" I: k' It's time we gave in Myrna—The Highway Department has wont' HOIYAIRD HUGE° ' a- dettla - - - - d's c7' - ' II- v oNARD i 11 - --- 4 - Ix r - ‘ - -' - — 4 - e Yir lor 6'6°1 Iktilk °Howard must have heard you say 'A man's home is his castle' He's building a moat'" liaralUTER MIES ' - t 1 st 11 ' 4149A1 - - '''''' :- "-- - '' ' - ' 4) ard like to return this laptop—My cat is jealous of HOWARD If you'd like a copy of Howard m4ge HUM THE COMES To Slify-- -s it" BOOK four-col- 38-pa- ge or Matrated d your mane address and a check for $3 linckaries 75 cents for postage and handling) to Parade Publications PO Elos 4361 Dept igt6O-Pfialedington Station KY NM& California Michigan and New York reakkots add appropriate Wes ax adventure--oen- A 11 PAGE 10 - AMMAR" 30 1994 - PARADE MADAME |
