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Updated March 19th, 2021 at 16:09 IST

'Basic Instinct' Cast: A list of actors and the characters that they play in the film

Basic Instinct cast members include the likes of legendary actors such as Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone, amongst others. Read on to see the complete list.

Reported by: Ganesh Raheja
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Basic Instinct's leg cross scene, featuring its lead actors, Sharon Stone, and Michael Douglas, is amongst the many moments from the film that have made it a classic. The feature presentation starts off as a whodunit but is quick to go down the route of a complicated love story featuring a detective and a murder suspect. This article is essentially an enlistment of all the actors who are a part of the core Basic Instinct cast list and expands on the backstory and the function of their characters in the overall story of the film.

Core members of the cast of Basic Instinct and the characters that they play:

1) Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Sharon Stone's Basic Instinct character, namely Catherine Tramell, is the former wife of the deceased whose murder is being investigated by one of the other lead protagonists in the film. Stone's Tramell, who is a psychologist and a writer, is later revealed to be the antagonist of the film. In addition to the same, Stone's Tramell, as per many, is a source of drama, romance and thrill, three of the key components of the movie and the film series that it spawned.

2) Michael Douglas as Detective Nick Curran``

The whodunit plotline of Basic Instinct essentially follows its other lead character, Detective Nick Curran, played by Michael Douglas. Douglas' Curran is a detective with a tragic past, violent history, and a questionable sense of work ethic. Curran's investigation and his personal life get imbued with a myriad of complications when he encounters Sharon Stone's Catherine Tramell, the antagonist of the film who he ends up falling for.

3) George Dzundza as Detective Gus Moran

George Dzundza's Detective Gus Moran is essentially superior to Douglas' Nick Curran. In the film, he plays the character of an authority figure as well as the occasional voice of reason for his fellow colleague, who always appears to be a little bit inebriated. Dzunda's Moran's arc comes to an end after being stabbed to death by Catherine Tramell with her famous ice pick.

4) Jeanne Tripplehorn as Dr. Beth Garner

Jeane Tripplehorn's Dr. Beth Garner is the police psychologist who helps its leading characters uncover the mystery behind the murder that started it all. Tripplehorn's Beth Garner is essentially a source of drama and reason and the occasional hilarity in the film. Due to series of misunderstandings and misconceptions, Tripplehorn's Garner gets shot in the chest by Douglas' Detective Nick Curran, post which she bleeds to death.

5) Leilani Sarelle as Roxanne "Roxy" Hardy

Leilani Sarelle plays the film's antagonists' same-sex lover, Roxy, in what turned out to be the breakout film for the actor. Roxy, much like her lover, Tramell, has a violent history, the discovery of which only raises more questions in the minds of the audience as well as the detectives. Sarell's Roxy meets her end in a car crash.

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Published March 19th, 2021 at 16:08 IST

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