“The studio said that if I wanted him so bad, I could pay him with my own salary, so I did,” the actress wrote in her autobiography released in 2021. It turns out that she fought hard for another name, and both men are still grateful to her for it.
Leonardo DiCaprio: I can’t thank her enough
Recently, DiCaprio told E! that he thanked Stone many times for this. – I don’t remember if I sent her a real, physical thank-you gift, but I can’t thank her enough – said the actor, whose credits include “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” but before the success of “Titanic.”
Sharon Stone was a producer on the 1995 film and was also in the running to star Russell Crowe in the Sam Raimi-directed film. “She said, ‘These are two actors I want to work with,'” DiCaprio recalled. – It’s amazing. She was a great master of cinema and gave opportunities to other actors, for which I am very grateful to her – he adds. Crowe feels the same way. In one of the interviews given in 2020, the New Zealand actor admitted that if it weren’t for Sharon Stone, he wouldn’t be where he is. At that point, he had been trying to break into Hollywood for about 18 months.
Russell Crowe on Sharon Stone: She just stood up for herself
She kind of had a sword fight with the male producers of the movie, and at one point she just stood up and said, ‘I’m going to hire the person I want to hire as the object of my affection. [zagrała w westernie Ellen – red.] – Crowe. – If it weren’t for her involvement, I don’t know how long it would have taken before I got a role in an American movie. I have a lot to thank her for, he added. Five years later, he received an Oscar for his role in “Gladiator”.
Let us remember that Stone was on a roll in 1995 – that year the film “Casino” premiered, for which she was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. The cast of “The Quick and the Dead” also included, among others: Gene Hackman and Gary Sinise.
Source: Gazeta
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