Sharon Stone Paid Way Less for 'Basic Instinct' Than Michael Douglas – SheKnows
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Sharon Stone admitted she was paid way less than Michael Douglas for 'Basic Instinct', but she found a clever way to pad her contract.
The pay gap in Hollywood has been going on for decades, and it doesn't matter if 1992's Basic Instinct is now 30 years old, Sharon Stone is still going to talk about it. Even though she and Michael Douglas shared the starring roles of Catherine Trammell and Detective Nick Curran, they earned very different paychecks for carrying the same amount of screen time. Stone revealed to InStyle.com how she found a clever way to make her time on the film a little more lucrative. “I couldn't believe how exciting it was and all of the incredible costumes that were being
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