Sharon Stone Claims She Was Asked to Step Down From ‘Another Simple Favor’ After Getting 2 Roles

“I noticed one of the leads mentioning that she couldn’t remember doing the show because she had taken ayahuasca and that made me laugh,” Stone recalled. “And I thought perhaps I should have taken ayahuasca and forgotten all about this situation as well.”

While Stone was upset with missing out on the job at first, she’s now grateful to have not been in the movie as it was surrounded by controversy. Another Simple Favor made headlines amid Blake Lively‘s ongoing legal battle with her It Ends With Us costar and director, Justin Baldoni.

“I think in a big way I’m kind of glad that I didn’t get tangled up in all of that,” she said.

Another Simple Favor is the sequel to 2018’s thriller A Simple Favor, which starred Kendrick, Lively, Henry Goulding, Andrew Rannells and Aparna Nancherla. The second installment added Allison Janney, Michele Morrone, Elizabeth Perkins and Alex Newell in the Paul Feig-helmed project.

Following Another Simple Favor’s premiere in March, Stone raised eyebrows when she made a shady comment about the movie on social media.

“I LOVED being cast and removed from my role unexpectedly for no reason at all LOVED it 👏👏👏,” she replied under an E! News Instagram reel about the film.

Us Weekly reached out to the film’s distributor, Amazon MGM Studios, for comment at the time but did not hear back. Multiple outlets reported at the time Stone was in talks to be in Another Simple Favor but the financials did not work out.