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- [Narrator] Sharon Stone just revealed

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that the payday for her breakout roll

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in "Basic Instinct" was a pitance compared

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to what co-star Michael Douglass earned.

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At an event in New York,

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Stone said Michael
Douglass made $14 million,

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while she only made $500,000

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for her role in Paul
Verhoeven's blockbuster.

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"Now, I was new.

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I was new, and he was a very big star,"

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said Stone who has been vocal

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about the gender pay gap in
the entertainment industry.

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Douglas had already won two Academy Awards

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by the time "Basic Instinct" was made.

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But Stone's name was on
the poster for the film,

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and a 500K payout wasn't nearly enough

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considering the unbelievable amount

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of crap she went through
after the film came out.

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Stone said she lost
custody of her son Roan

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during her divorce from her
now ex-husband, Phil Bronstein,

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because of her nude scene in the film.

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Stone also claims the trauma
from losing custody ended up

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sending her to the Mayo
Clinic for a heart condition.

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And while the movie launched
her into megastar status,

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the actor said the money

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she made from "Basic Instinct"

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wasn't enough to cover the security costs

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that come with fame.

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Previously, Stone said,

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"Michael could afford the
car, driver, bodyguard.

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I had to move because people were

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on my roof and breaking my door down.

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I couldn't afford the things I needed

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because of the sudden fame I had."

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And while "Basic Instinct"
came out in 1992,

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the pay gap between actors

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and actresses is still all
too common in Hollywood today.