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https://www.neds.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Untitled-1-4-1.jpg14201020I’ve never identified with Michael Douglas. My dad wasn’t Spartacus, for starters. But looking at Fremantle’s list, I finally understood why his character in Basic Instinct couldn’t resist Catherine Tramell. She was the Michael Jordan of being hot, sure. But she was also a walking red flag—writing books about murders that kept happening in real life, tying people up, and making it obvious she was bad news. Yet, despite knowing she was trouble, he still dived in headfirst. Now, I get it. Catherine Tramell’s basic instinct was to kill. Fremantle’s is to kill dreams. And yet, like Nick I can’t…