Fresh from the sensational success of her role in Basic Instinct, hoped that in her follow-up erotic thriller she would star alongside a young . The actress imagined herself filming steamy scenes in which her character, a book editor, was graphically released from her sexual doldrums by Pitt's pretty boy charms.But Stone's dreams were shattered when 29-year-old Pitt was replaced as her leading man in Sliver by William Baldwin, a rising star following hits with Flatliners and Backdraft.Worse, audiences ridiculed the sex scenes — including one in a lift that in today's post-MeToo era seems sexually aggressive and lacking consent. For her part, Stone made no secret of the fact Baldwin was unwanted. The animosity was mutual, and as Baldwin finished one sex scene, he quipped to a crew member of Stone: 'Thin lips, okay breath.'
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