Sharon’s post-stroke casting snub
SHARON Stone has complained of being frozen out of the movies since her near-fatal stroke – saying she wants her “own real career back”.
The Basic Instinct star launched a second career as a painter – with acclaimed exhibitions in the US and Europe – following the 2001 ordeal.
But 23 years after the brain haemorrhage that almost killed her, with doctors telling her she had a 1% chance of survival, she now craves another major hollywood role.
Sharon, 66, said: “People would like to say ‘You’re too old or you can’t do this or you can’t do that’.
“It’s a little bit hard to cast me as the grandmother. It’d be easier to cast me as the lawyer or the judge or the cop…so they’re not really sure what to do with somebody like me.”
The twice-divorced Oscar nominee went on: “I would really like to work again as an actor so much, not just a weak, supporting, bulls*** part.
“I’d like to really have the parts that I have earned and can do. I’d really like to have my own real career back. I’d really like to have my life back.”
Of the stroke itself, she recalled: “I pretty much realised it was serious when I came to on the floor and I couldn’t get up and I kept calling for help and I couldn’t get it...
“I couldn’t walk, talk, read, write my own name. I was stuttering.
“When I reached for something, I had no depth perception. It was complete psychological chaos.
“It took seven years to really recover. I did lose my career and I did lose $15million – every cent I had.”
Sharon, who is single, also revealed that she joined dating apps during the pandemic, but added: “They didn’t believe it was me. Then I went back on and...it was gay men who wanted me to read their scripts. don’t think online dating is for me.”