Basic Instinctdirector denies Sharon Stone's accusation that she was tricked into nude scene

Paul Verhoeven maintains that his recollection is “radically different” from Stone’s.

“She knew exactly what we were doing,” the filmmaker continued.

Then Sharon and I decided to do a similar sequence."

Sharon Stone in ‘Basic Instinct’.Everett Collection

She is absolutely phenomenal…

But her version is impossible."

In her memoir, Stone writes, “I did have choices.

So I thought and thought and I chose to allow this scene in the film.

Verhoeven’s latest film, the lesbian nun dramaBenedetta, premieres Friday at the Cannes Film Festival.