And, one thing is certain: Sharon Stone acted her heart out in Basic Instinct, particularly within this highly contentious interrogation scene. If you aren't familiar with its content, tread lightly, but it's definitely worth a watch. Of course, the film's subgenre is likely to draw contention in itself, but this sequence in particular drew endless attention from fans and media members. Bond (Daniel Craig) and Vesper (Eva Green) are attacked by a machete-wielding Obanno (Isaach De Bankol) in the stairwell of the hotel in CASINO ROYALE (2006. And, oddly enough, he along the way becomes romantically involved with the case's prime suspect: Catherine Tramell, played by Sharon Stone.Īnd she's the star of the scene at hand, which is worth jumping into right away due to its notable amount of controversy.
It follows a police detective (played by Michael Douglass) investigating the violent and unusual killing of a famous and well-off rock star. In the original novel Casino Royale, Vesper Lynd commits suicide via overdose without saving Bond’s life, a far darker ending that the movie was right to cut out.
Directed by Paul Veerhoeven - who probably should’ve stuck to his science fiction outings like Robocop (1987) and Total Recall (1997) - Basic Instinct (1992) is actually classified as an erotic thriller. The darker, Bourne -influenced Craig-era Bond movie did kill off Vesper Lynd in its closing scenes, but the scene occurs via a drowning that 007 can’t save the character from.
