Renowned American actress Sharon Stone recently made allegations against the late movie producer Robert Evans, claiming that he pressured her into having a sexual encounter with her costar Billy Baldwin to purportedly enhance his acting performance in the 1993 film “Sliver.”
Stone, known for her candidness, disclosed this encounter in her 2021 memoir without initially revealing the identities of those involved.
Evans, a prominent figure in Hollywood who oversaw production at Paramount, passed away in 2019 at the age of 89.
During the Tuesday’s episode of Spotify’s Louis Theroux Podcast, the actress said “should’ve been on set” but was called into Evans’ office to discuss her chemistry with Baldwin, 61.
“He’s running around his office in his sunglasses, explaining to me that he slept with Ava Gardner and I should sleep with Billy Baldwin because if I slept with Billy Baldwin, Billy Baldwin’s performance would get better,” Stone recalled of their alleged conversation. “And we needed Billy to get better in the movie because that was the problem.”
According to Stone, Evans’ logic was, “If I could sleep with Billy, then we would have chemistry onscreen, and if I would just have sex with him then that would save the movie.”
“And the real problem in the movie was me because I was so uptight, and so not like a real actress, who could just f— him and get things back on track. And the real problem is that I was such a tight ass,”
She further said,
“wouldn’t listen to the list of actors that I suggested for the part,” and insisted on casting Baldwin instead.
The actor believes the studio bosses were to blame for their poor casting decisions. “I didn’t have to fuck Michael Douglas. Michael could come to work and know how to hit those marks, and do that line, and rehearse and show up.
“Now all of a sudden I’m in the ‘I have to fuck people’ business.”
She mentioned in her memoir ‘The Beauty Of Living Twice‘ that she had been approached many times by producers concerning her co-stars and this sex issue.
