In a recently unearthed edition of ESPN magazine, Lindsey Vonn displays her long legs in a very short and tight dress as she channels one of Sharon Stone’s sexiest character yet, Catherine Tramell, from the R rated film Basic Instinct.

Baring a remarkable likeness to the actress, Lindsey Vonn, 28, dons the figure-hugging white polo neck dress, wears her blonde locks in a high updo and has smouldering make-up applied.

The Olympic skier also sits in a swivel chair to recreate the famous “leg-crossing” interrogation scene in the movie.

In an accompanying behind-the-scenes clip, Lindsey Vonn introduces herself as Sharon Stone.

“Hey this is Lindsey Vonn and we are in Vail, Colorado and we are shooting a scene from Basic Instinct and I am Sharon Stone,” she says.

Lindsey Vonn also explains how she came to channel the famous character.

“I have a lot of favorite movies and one of my favorites is Gladiator, but that would probably be a little hard to reenact or recreate,” she says.

Lindsey Vonn channels Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct on a recently unearthed cover of ESPN magazine

In the interview she also refers to her now ex-husband, Thomas Vonn.

“In the last couple of photo shoots, people said that I looked like Sharon Stone. So my husband and I thought what are some Sharon Stone movies? And Basic Instinct came up. And I don’t know, it just kinda seemed like it would work and here I am,” Lindsey Vonn explains.

Once she finally gets into character and is in front of the lens, Lindsey Vonn admits that she does in fact feel and look like Sharon Stone’s character Catherine Tramell.

“I have to admit, when I put on all this make-up, and my hair is all Eighties-style and I put on the white dress, I do look like Sharon Stone,” the sportswoman says.

The raunchy clip and cover was recently unearthed after Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn confirmed that they were dating on Monday.