Leonardo DiCaprio seemed again on his time working with Sharon Stone on the 1995 western The Quick and the Dead, a task that he says he almost missed out on.
Speaking to E! News, DiCaprio revealed that the actress paid his wage in order that he may star within the film after the studio refused to solid him. Stone was each the star and co-producer of the movie, and was insistent on working with DiCaprio.
“I’ve thanked her many occasions,” he stated. “I don’t know if I despatched her an precise, bodily thanks present, however I can not thank her sufficient.”
DiCaprio stated Stone wished to work with him and Russell Crowe on the movie after seeing their respective latest works. At the time, DiCaprio was recent off the success of his breakout efficiency within the 1993 film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, whereas Russell Crowe just lately starred in Romper Stomper.
“She stated, ‘These are the 2 actors I wish to work with,’” he recalled. “It’s unbelievable. She’s been an enormous champion of cinema and giving different actors alternatives, so I’m very grateful.”
Stone defined in her 2021 memoir The Beauty of Living Twice why she felt like DiCaprio was the individual for the position.
“This child named Leonardo DiCaprio was the one one who nailed the audition, for my part: he was the one one who got here in and cried, begging his father to like him as he died within the scene,” she wrote, in keeping with an excerpt revealed by Insider.
She recalled the studio requested her, “Why an unknown, Sharon, why are you at all times taking pictures your self within the foot?’”
“The studio stated if I wished him a lot, I may pay him out of my very own wage. So I did,” she stated.
Speaking to E! News, DiCaprio confirmed that Stone “did that with myself and Russell Crowe on the time.”
Starring in The Quick and the Dead was simply the leg-up DiCaprio wanted. Just one yr later, he catapulted to fame with James Cameron‘s Titanic.
