Sharon Stone Allen & Unwin £18.99 Rating: For decades, Sharon Stone has had a reputation for being difficult. In 2007, the screenwriter of Basic Instinct, Joe Eszterhas, published a book in which he recalled: ‘On the set of one of her earlier movies, Sharon Stone’s prima donna act p***ed off the crew so badly that they p***ed into a bathtub before Sharon got into it for her scene.’ Eszterhas also claimed that Sharon Stone had approached the Basic Instinct cinematographer ‘with a gun in hand and waved it in his face. “If I see one ounce of cellulite on screen,” she said, “you’re a dead motherf*****.” ’