Sharon Stone is opening up about helping Leonardo DiCaprio several decades ago. On Monday (November 20), the 65-year-old actress made a statement about paying the 49-year-old actor’s salary for their 1995 Western film, The Quick and the Dead.
At the time, the studio was not excited about hiring a relatively new face, but Sharon believed in him. Keep reading to find out more… She wrote in an Instagram caption, “Yes, I paid @leonardodicaprio’s salary out of mine.
No I didn’t pay @russellcrowe’s, but I did ask for the film to be delayed two weeks so we could get him here from Australia, and our producer @mikemedavoyup agreed to the delay.
And to cover those expenses.” Sharon concluded her post with a “thank you.” In an interview earlier this month, Leonardo said that he’d thanked Sharon “many times” over the years. “I don’t know if I sent her an actual, physical thank you gift, but I cannot thank her enough,” he said.
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