After her sizzling role in "The Hot Spot," Virginia Madsen was supposedly the first actress to turn down Basic Instinct.
Actor who got the part: Sharon Stone
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Director Joel Schumacher was interested and had Madsen audition for the film, but ultimately cast the more well-known Demi Moore.

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