Sharon Stone is fully aware of the lasting impact she will leave behind, as evidenced by her recent Instagram post on July 12th, where she gracefully reminisced about one of her most iconic onscreen moments.

Sharon Stone, aged 66, reenacted the iconic scene from the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct. In the neo-noir movie, Stone portrayed the role of Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist with a dark side. One of the most memorable moments from the film was when Stone’s character provocatively smoked in the interrogation room and crossed her legs to shock the San Francisco Police by revealing she wasn’t wearing any underwear beneath her white dress.

Stone donned a coordinated hot pink lingerie set in her Instagram post, posing on a gold chair adorned with white shag cushions. The caption read, “Essentially…yours ,” alongside a photo captured by her stylist Paris Libby.

Stone’s iconic moment solidified her status as a sex symbol, a theme that was humorously explored by the writers of Saturday Night Live during Stone’s hosting gig in 1992. In a controversial sketch, Dana Carvey portrayed an airport employee who made Stone undergo a strip search at security, a scene for which Carvey has since expressed regret.

Carvey expressed regret for the security check scene in which he portrayed an Indian man and persuaded Sharon’s character to undress for the security check during an episode of his podcast “Fly On The Wall” in March.

Stone, a guest on the show, appeared unfazed. She mentioned to Carvey that 1992 was a significantly different era.

She mentioned that she understands the distinction between a misdemeanor and a felony. She also expressed her belief that in the past, everyone was engaging in misdemeanors because they did not perceive any wrongdoing at that time. She found it amusing that they lacked that awareness and did not mind being the subject of jokes.

During the 1990s, the actress who won an Emmy was highly sought after in Hollywood. However, her career was interrupted when she experienced a stroke and a seven-day brain bleed in 2001. In May, Stone revealed on Good Morning Britain that it took her seven years to recover, and she felt like she had been left behind by her colleagues after that.

She mentioned that seven years is quite a long period to lose one’s momentum. Within that timeframe, one may no longer be considered the trend of the moment, lose popularity at the box office, and find that the individuals they once collaborated with are no longer in influential positions.

She continued, “I was sort of hurt that the world moved on without me.”