Sharon Stone will be Malin Akerman’s mother in Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story
Oscar nominated Hollywood icon Sharon Stone known for films including Basic Instinct, Casino, Cold Creek Manor and Catwoman has joined the cast of Linda Lovelace biopic Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story alongside Malin Akerman.
Directed by Your Name Here helmer Matthew Wilder, Stone is set to play Lovelace's mother in a biopic that will see Matt Dillon take on the role of Chuck Traynor, the husband of the former porn star turned feminist campaigner.
Lovelace was famed for her performance in classic porn flick Deep Throat, before later claiming that she was forced into the world of adult entertainment by her abusive husband.
Wilder's film also features Lost star Harold Perrineau and real-life porn actress and star of The Girlfriend Experience Sasha Grey and will be in direct competition with Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's Lovelace, which has Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard set to star.
Stone is currently filming her role of Aphrodite in Marc Turtletaub's Gods Behaving Badly alongside Christopher Walken and Alicia Silverstone.