Sharon Stone ‘got so bruised up’ while filming a pivotal scene for Casino that film bosses weren’t sure she would be physically able to come in the next day. The 66-year-old – who shot to worldwide fame thanks to 1992 flick Basic Instinct – lit up the screen as Ginger McKenna three years later in the iconic mafia movie with Robert De Niro , directed by Martin Scorsese . She has since described her former co-star as ‘far and away’ the best kisser she had ever shared the screen with, branding their experience on set ‘pretty fabulous’.
However, the star was put through her paces in some of those scenes, as Nicholas Pileggi – who wrote the book and screenplay the movie was based on – recalled her getting injured in front of the camera. Speaking to Metro.co.
uk , the acclaimed author and journalist raved about the entire cast, but there was one name that stuck out to him more than most – as he commended Sharon for being ‘tough’ as well as a great actress. ‘Sharon Stone, I cannot tell you what a great actress she is in Casino,’ he told us. ‘She got bruised with Bob.
There’s a scene in Casino where he drags her along the floor to throw jewelry at her, to get rid of her. ‘She didn’t break ribs but had all kinds of bruises and contusions. They did it so realistically that she really got bruised up to battle.
‘Nurses were looking at her, they wondered whether she’d even be able to come in the next day. ‘It was all patched up and everything, .