Sharon Stone isn’t afraid to play the villain, and she revealed that she has a “bit of a moral code” when it comes to portraying evil characters in projects.
“I feel like if you play a villain, if I play a villain, I want … to go full villain. I don’t believe in playing a villain like, ‘She’s bad, but hey,’” Stone said during the Wednesday episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, noting that many bad guys are often redeemed at the end of movies. “Because villains, real villains, really fuck up your life.”
Stone then recalled a popular saying from the small town she grew up in, which guided her view of playing villains. “When the devil walks in the room, it might be fun, but don’t give him a seat,” she said. “Don’t invite them to sit down. They might be the fun person at the cocktail party, but don’t take them home.”
Stone famously portrayed villain Catherine Tramell in the 1992 thriller Basic Instinct, while she plays crime boss Lendina in the upcoming film Nobody 2. Her character in the action film, which hits theaters on Aug. 15, is the mastermind behind a bootlegging operation.
Another upcoming project that Stone has in the works is season 3 of Euphoria. Her casting in the highly-anticipated season was announced in February, though her role is currently a secret.
“There is little more exciting than going to work with this team of thrilling talent,” she said in a statement about her casting. “From the genius of Sam Levinson to the raw sophistication of this profoundly moving cast and tight crew. I am honored to be Euphoric.”
Stone joined cast members including Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Maude Apatow, Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie, Eric Dane and Colman Domingo for the upcoming season.
The actress has been friends with Dane, who plays Cal Jacobs, for a long time, and she recently revealed that she was by his side when he auditioned for the hit HBO show years ago.
“Eric and I have been friends for a long time. A long time,” Stone told Entertainment Tonight at the Nobody 2 premiere. “And I actually was like his support staff when he was trying to get the job on Euphoria. So he would come over to my house and give me gluten-free cookies and we’d sit and discuss it because he really wanted that job.”
She added that it meant “the world to me that he got that job” before he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which he announced in April.
ALS, which is commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a “nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS causes loss of muscle control. The disease gets worse over time,” according to the Mayo Clinic. There is currently no cure for the disease.
