Dead or aliveSharon Stone to the rescue
In 1995, Sam Raimi directed the western Dead or alive. In this film she plays Sharon Stone, also a producer of the film Elena “Lady”, a young foreigner who arrives in the city of Redemption. In this small town, governed by the tyrannical sheriff Herod, he organizes a duel to the death every year. Ellen came to participate in the tournament, but she a more personal reason be there…
Dead or alive, in addition to Sharon Stone, has an excellent cast, including Gene Hackman in the role of Sheriff Herod, as well as the young Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe – his first film in Hollywood -, who play the participants in the dueling competition. As has already been said, neither Leonardo DiCaprio nor Russell Crowe would have gotten their roles if Sharon Stone hadn’t. they campaigned hard for their casting. He even paid Leonardo DiCaprio’s fee out of his own pocket, something the studios didn’t want.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s speech is very rare. The actor, to be counted among the greatest performers of his generationin reality he reserves it for the big screen, where he has proven himself brilliant once again in recent times The assassins of the Flower Moon by his favorite director Martin Scorsese. But recently he returned to Sharon Stone’s very generous gesture, during an interview with Lily Gladstone on E! News.
Martin Scorsese could no longer stand Leonardo DiCaprio’s improvisations
Leonardo DiCaprio grateful
Today Leonardo DiCaprio can boast a sparkling filmography. Holder of important roles with great directors, he became essential in 1998 after the phenomenal success of Titanic by James Cameron, when he was only 24 years old. But before he got there, he was just a young actor who the studios considered unknown enough to regularly reject him from casting calls. Not to mention that Leonardo DiCaprio was already very parsimonious in choosing the films in which he wanted to appear…
This is why Sony Pictures, producer and distributor of Dead or alivedid not want to entrust him with the role of Fee “The Kid” Herod, and that Sharon Stone herself paid Leonardo DiCaprio’s fee to be in the film. A gesture that was decisive for the rest of the actor’s career, and to which he therefore wanted to pay homage (from 6’05 in the video below).
I thanked him several times. I don’t think I sent her a gift, anything, to thank her, but I can never thank her enough. (…) She was fantastic, she did it for me and Russell Crowe, I think she had seen our movies, “Romper Stomper” and “Gilbert Grape”, and she said: “These are the two actors I want. You know, she was a great benefactor of cinema and gave opportunities to other actors, so I’m really, really grateful to her.
A beautiful tribute and a new “public” thank you, coming from one of the greatest contemporary actors and addressed to an icon of Hollywood cinema. Class.
Source: Cine Serie
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