Did you know Sharon Stone wasn’t the first choice for Basic Instinct, and Kim Basinger was initially offered the role?

She slapped Basic Instinct director Paul Verhoeven at the ... It all worked out in the end, and it made for an iconic scene.

In Basic Instinct, Knight played a minor ... revealing that she wasn’t wearing underwear. The scene became an instant cultural sensation—so iconic that it practically froze TV screens worldwide.