Sharon Stone Paid Leonardo DiCaprio's Salary For 'The Quick and the Dead'
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justjared.comSharon Stone is opening up about what she personally did to ensure that Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in The Quick and the Dead.
In an excerpt from her new book, “The Beauty of Living Twice”, the 63-year-old star recalled the time when she had to fight the studio making the 1995 film to cast Leo, who was about 21 at the time.
The movie centered on a woman gunslinger (played by Sharon) who visits a frontier town and clashes with its leader (Gene Hackman).
As a producer on the movie, Sharon revealed that she paid for Leo’s salary herself after studio TriStar Pictures refused to cast him. “This kid named Leonardo DiCaprio was the only one who nailed the audition,” she wrote. “In my opinion he was the only one who came in and cried, begging his
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