Sharon Stone reveals in her memoir she paid Leonardo DiCaprio's salary and got tricked into infamous scene

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31 Mar 2021, 12:51

Hollywood siren Sharon Stone has revealed some surprising news about having Leonardo DiCaprio's back in her new memoir The Beauty of Living Twice and that he wouldn't have had The Quick and the Dead success if it wasn't for her bankrolling him.

Remembering the casting of the 1995 movie which she co-produced, she wrote: "This kid named Leonardo DiCaprio was the only one who nailed the audition.

"In my opinion he was the only one who came in and cried, begging his father to love him as he died in the scene."

But co-producers TriStar weren't as enamoured with DiCaprio as she was, telling her: "Why an unknown, Sharon, why are you always shooting yourself in the foot?" and saying if she wanted him she would have to pay his salary. 

The Basic Instinct actress has also shocked readers by revealing that she was advised to sleep with a co-star in a movie to improve their chemistry, while another director made her sit on his lap when he was giving instructions.

On her infamous underwear-less scene she said she was tricked into it in the 1992 movie.

She said: "After we shot Basic Instinct, I got called in to see it. Not on my own with the director, as one would anticipate, given the situation that has given us all pause, so to speak, but with a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project."

Sharon said she was asked to remove her underwear as the white 'was reflecting the light' but she was assured her modesty would be protected.

She wrote: "Yes, there have been many points of view on this topic, but since I’m the one with the vagina, in question, let me say: The other points of view are bulls***. It was me and my parts up there."