{"id":208,"date":"2025-03-14T12:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:36:38","slug":"sharon-stone-makes-shocking-claim-she-was-axed-from-new-blockbuster-for-no-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/sharon-stone-makes-shocking-claim-she-was-axed-from-new-blockbuster-for-no-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Stone makes shocking claim she was axed from new blockbuster \u2018for no reason\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharon Stone has alleged she was cast in the second A Simple Favor film (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sharon Stone<\/a> has fired back claiming she was ‘unexpectedly’ dropped from sequel movie Another Simple Favor<\/a> ‘for no reason.’<\/p>\n

The Basic Instinct actor, 67, made the sensational claim in the comments of an E! News Instagram<\/a> video about the allegations of a feud<\/a> between the film’s leading ladies Blake Lively<\/a> and Anna Kendrick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In her comment, Stone alleged that she was cast and then removed from a role in the sequel.<\/p>\n

‘I LOVED being cast and removed from my role unexpectedly for no reason at all LOVED it,’ she wrote, adding three clapping emoji.<\/p>\n

Stone’s casting hadn’t previously been reported and it’s not known what role she was allegedly due to play. <\/p>\n

However, Allison Janney<\/a> and Elizabeth Perkins, who are also in their 60s, portray the new characters Margaret McLinden and Aunt Linda McLanden in the film.<\/p>\n

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Sharon Stone claimed in an Instagram comment that she was cast and removed from the film ‘for no reason at all’ (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another Simple Favor, directed by Paul Feig<\/a>, is the follow-up to 2018’s A Simple Favor<\/a>, in which Lively played a con artist named Emily and Kendrick portrayed parenting vlogger Stephanie.<\/p>\n

The sequel takes place in the Italian Riviera, where an extravagant wedding unravels into a murder mystery, and features returning stars Henry Golding and Andrew Rannells as well as Italian actor Michele Morrone as Lively’s love interest.<\/p>\n

Rumours of a feud between Lively and Kendrick began following the film’s premiere at SXSW in Texas on March 7 due to the Pitch Perfect star’s body language, her unenthusiastic responses in interviews and the lack of photos of the duo together on the red carpet.<\/p>\n

However, Feig swiftly shut down the speculation on social media, insisting it wasn’t true, while the former Gossip Girl star included pictures of Kendrick in her Instagram photo round-up of the premiere.<\/p>\n

Feig was also forced to silence rumours the film had been cancelled<\/a> amid Lively’s ongoing lawsuit<\/a> with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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