She even reprised her Basic Instinct role in a so-so belated sequel. crossed her legs one over the other, exactly as Sharon Stone had done in the. Unlike some more recent stars, such a Game of Thrones's Nathalie Emmanuel, who have found adverse effects from doing frequent gratuitous nude scenes, namely an expectation that they will do them again in other movies and series', Stone's career at the time seemed to thrive on starring in risqué roles, such as Sliver, and using her sex appeal as much as possible. Posed as Catherine Tramell in the famous leg - crossing scene. Whatever the truth behind the filming of the scene, there are very few movie scenes that are still talked about and remembered quite as vividly almost 30 years after the film's release as that blink and you miss it moment in Basic Instinct. When my friend told her we could see her vagina, she said, 'Of course, that's why I do it.' Then Sharon and I decided to do a similar sequence.' I told her it was based on a story of a woman that I knew when I was a student who did the crossing of her legs without panties regularly at parties. We still have a pleasant relationship and exchange text messages. 'That does not stand in the way and has nothing to do with the wonderful way that she portrayed Catherine Tramell. 'My memory is radically different from Sharon's memory,' the director said. While being asked about the movie in an interview with Variety, Paul Verhoeven said that he had a very different view.