Sharon Stone, 68, on Euphoria, survival and three new films
Sharon Stone says at 68 she is choosing her own work, with a role opposite Sydney Sweeney in Season 3 of Euphoria and three finished films waiting for release, in an interview published on 17 September, Variety reported.
Stone plays a Hollywood executive in the mould of Sherry Lansing, the former studio chief, alongside Sweeney. It is a sharp turn back to television for an actor long linked with big-screen thrillers and dramas.
Her start was early and fast. She began second grade at age 5 and was taking college classes by 15. At 19 she moved to New York to work as an Eileen Ford model. A year later she auditioned to be a background extra in Woody Allen's 1980 film Stardust Memories.
Fame came with Paul Verhoeven's 1992 film Basic Instinct, in which she played Catherine Tramell. Three years later she won a Golden Globe and earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino, opposite Robert De Niro.
Then came a break no one planned. In 2001 she suffered a vertebral artery rupture, a nine-day brain bleed and a stroke. Recovery took seven years.
She spoke about family as well as work. Stone has three adopted sons: Roan, now 26, Laird, 21, and Quinn, 20.
On screen, the slate is full. Three films are completed, including In Memoriam with Marc Maron, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival in June. Earlier in June she joined Keke Palmer for a Variety conversation about Euphoria, The 'Burbs and the patriarchy, Variety reported. In 2023 she hosted The Hollywood Reporter's Raising Our Voices event, The Hollywood Reporter reported.
What makes this stand out is the thread between those chapters. The teenager in college classes, the young model in New York, the star of two defining 1990s films and the mother of three are all present in how she talks about saying yes and no now.
