Sharon Stone explains how misogyny hindered her career behind the camera

Sharon Stone has recently explained how misogynism became a hindrance for her to become a director in the 90s and early 2000s.

During the Torino Film Festival last week in Turin, Italy, the Basic Instinct actress revealed, “After I produced The Quick and the Dead, I came to the studio, I asked for $14 million. I had a script, I had the music, I had everything. I pitched it everywhere.”

“I was told it was the best pitch anyone ever heard, but really a woman ultimately in my period in the '90s and the early 2000s, the resistance to women working, to me working, was so great that I couldn't get back to direct and that was unfortunate,” stated the actress.

However, Sharon mentioned, “I feel that my intelligence was wasted trying to convince lesser intelligent studio heads to allow me to direct.”

Interestingly, the Running Wild actress pointed out that she was allowed “to assist in the casting department for studios, which [she] did because obviously [she] was very good at producing”.

“I just feel the resistance to women having power, the resistance to me having power, was very big and the resistance to allowing my intelligence to be helpful has been enormous and by people of lesser intelligence,” noted Sharon.

Elsewhere at the festival, the actress also lashed out at Marvel movie-maker Sam Raimi for failing to acknowledge the opportunity she gave him earlier in his career.

“The director Sam, who I had an opportunity to bring from B movies to A movies, and then he directed Spider-Man and became a very big A movie director,” continued the actress.

Sharon added, “Sam was a kid and he doesn't have loyalty, he doesn't have family, he didn't ever talk to me again, he didn't thank me, he didn't hire me again, he didn't acknowledge the relationship.”