Superstitious Stone snubs horror role

Screen siren Sharon Stone has shunned a lead role in an upcoming thriller - because she would have had to portray a woman haunted by the death of her adoptive son.

The sexy 47-year-old, who adopted a second baby boy earlier this month, politely declined the offer of the role in Possession - a screen adaptation of Peter James' hit novel of the same name - because she didn't want to tempt fate.