Sharon Stone: “Sex concerns everyone. What was once scandalous is now ordinary. Yes, the American elections worry me”

He prefers watermelon to strawberries. And she paired burrata with pasta with tomato sauce. The diva of divas Sharon Stone waited for the last day of the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival to make her appearance, bringing a sprinkling of Hollywood to this very hot Sicily. In fact, she has already been here several times. She told us about it, before receiving the Cariddi d’Oro for her career at the Teatro Antico, in our Timeo Summer Lounge, on the magical terrace of the Timeo hotel. «I believe that all generations have the memory of the Godfather which was filmed in this land. I came here, many years ago, with Helen Mirren for another award ceremony. But the most special image that I carry in my heart it’s a day on a boat with friends».

Sharon says she is tied to Sicily also because it is where it all began. It was 1992 and a young actress presented to the world for the first time Basic Instinct: «When I turned it, it caused a scandal. Now it belongs to the ordinary. Once upon a time, the fantasies of men, of white men, dominated the screen, and women had to appear faithful to those fantasies. Today, also thanks to female directors, sex has returned to being something very natural. If it were not, we would not be here. Sex is everyone’s thing, even fruit flies do it».

And so Sharon Stone confirms herself the free woman she has always been. Free and grateful to be here, to have survived the cerebral hemorrhage, to enjoy all the lives that have been granted to her. She told us: «I have to thank God and art. I come from a family with an artistic background. My aunt had a master’s degree in painting and English literature. I think having this cultural background, while I was growing up, was very inspiring. Painting nourishes me, I don’t have to wait for someone to give me a job to do, like it happens with acting or theater. It’s my creative refuge”. Because Sharon Stone is not just an actress: “My career has been much more than the films I had the opportunity to act in”.

What’s next for him? “I am proud to be an American, but I would like to move to Europe, the time has come.” And of her country she says: “I am worried about what is happening, someone has run based only on hatred. Everywhere we go through periods of crisis in which there are those who want to become masters. I like to think that the United States continues to possess the qualities for which we have always fought: independence, courage, dignity and respect for all. What happens in the next elections will also affect you».