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NEW YORK -- Sharon Stone clearly loves the skin she's in.
The outspoken actress, never shy about her body, shows off her assets in Basic Instinct 2, the sequel to the 1992 hit that established her as a movie star. The film, opening Friday, has Stone's best-selling crime novelist Catherine Tramell moving to London and engaging in a battle of wits -- and a unique exploration of gender politics -- with British criminal psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey).
At the film's premiere Monday night, Stone, 48, said she was stunned that her nudity caused such a ruckus.
"I think it's hilarious. One never imagines anyone is going to actually care or be at all excited to see you naked," she said. "Every time we go buy a bathing suit, we're horrified to see ourselves in a bikini. Now I'm going to get myself a Pucci bathing suit because I'm like, 'Yeah, baby.'"
Instead of a bikini, Stone wore a red Christian Dior dress to the premiere, designed specifically for her by John Galliano. It's little wonder she could command such personal attention, because she's also the face of Christian Dior's anti-aging skin-care line, Capture Totale.
Her secret to staying young, the actress said, is being in shape and just trying "to stay happy, stay cool."
The new movie, Stone said, is "modern. It's now. It's not a throwback to the other movie. It's a real head game. It's a really scary, psychological thriller. Believe me, when the movie is over, people are scared."
When men meet her, they sometimes confuse Stone with the slick, sultry Tramell -- in a good way.
"They think I'm really hot all over again," she said. "Yeah. I could do this again. I could make Basic Instinct 16. If guys will keep thinking I'm hot, I might turn it into a TV series."
The theme of the latest Instinct is risk addiction. So what's the riskiest thing Stone has ever done?
"I once did a Sprite commercial where I had to come out of the train station, jump out of a turnstile, jump on the side of a moving train. I had to run down the top of this moving train while it was going through the mountains and valleys," she said. "It was really hairy. I got my honorary stuntwoman card for that. I was proud."
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