In Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct,” Stone plays a seductive writer who becomes the prime suspect in the murder investigation of a rich rock star. She reprised the role for the 2006 sequel which, unlike the original, bombed at the box office and got scathing reviews from critics.

Sharon Stone is giving her take on the Basic Instinct reboot in the works and sounds weary about it. During a recent interview, Stone was asked about the reboot writer Joe Eszterhas is working on and recalled the 2006 follow-up that underperformed at the box office.