When news broke last month that “ Basic Instinct ” was being rebooted by Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and the original movie’s screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, it was unclear whether or not Sharon Stone would return to her iconic role of Catherine Tramell. Don’t count on it. In a new interview with “Today,” Stone said “good fucking luck” to the reboot.

“If it goes the way the one I was in went, then I would just say I do not know why you would do it,” Stone said, referring to the first time she returned as Catherine in 2006’s “Basic Instinct 2,” a box office flop that was universally panned by film critics. “Go ahead. Good fucking luck!”

When “Today” host Craig Melvin marveled at Stone’s candor, the Oscar nominee said she no longer cares what anybody thinks of her and added: “I’m

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