Sharon Stone got so ‘bruised up’ on hit 90s movie bosses didn’t think she’d finish filming-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro

Sharon Stone has enjoyed one of the most iconic careers in Hollywood (Picture: Getty)

Sharon Stone ‘got so bruised up to battle’ while filming a pivotal scene with Robert De Niro in Casino that film bosses weren’t sure she could come in the next day.

Three years after she was catapulted to worldwide superstardom in 1992 flick Basic Instinct, the 66-year-old lit up the screen as Ginger McKenna in the iconic mafia movie, 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 66-year-old 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 told us: ‘We did Casino with Bob and Joe Pesci again, and Marty. Marty and I wrote that script.’

While he raved about the entire cast, there is one name that stuck out to him more than most – as he commended Sharon for being ‘tough’ as well as a great actress.

She appeared as Ginger McKenna in Casino (Picture: Universal)

Sharon starred opposite Robert De Niro in the 90s flick (Picture: Universal)

‘Sharon Stone, I cannot tell you what a great actress she is in Casino,’ he continued. ‘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, she came in the next day ready to work. I remember Marty and Bob were so impressed with her.’

Robert and Martin Scorsese ‘fell in love with her’ on set (Picture: Universal)

Sharon described Robert and co-star Joe Pesci as ‘astounding’ (Picture: Universal)

‘You think Sharon Stone is just a beautiful blah, blah, blah,’ Nicholas shared. ‘No, no, she is just as tough as they were, and they just fell in love with her from then.

‘You can see that in who these actors really are, it’s quite an insight into their character, and it just makes you admire them for a lot of reasons that their audiences and their fans don’t know, and how good they are.’

Casino came out in 1995, and followed two childhood friends in Las Vegas – casino kingpin Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein (Robert) and  Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) as they battle for control of the gambling empire, as well as Ginger’s affections.

Sharon earned an Oscar nomination for best actress for the role in 1996, but lost out to Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking.

She landed an Oscar nomination for the role (Picture: NBC)

Sharon also starred in Basic Instinct and Sliver (Picture: Getty)

She unpacked her time on set with Robert and Joe during an appearance on the Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast last November, branding them ‘astounding’ talents.

‘Gosh, the men I was cast opposite were so much older than me,’ Sharon recalled. ‘They were amazing, they were legends, they were astounding. They were all the big animals in the business. Every big superstar, I got to work opposite, every legend.

‘They were all 25-30+ years older than me when I was playing their paramours. I look at them now and I adore them, but they’re really, really elderly men now.

‘It was true to life. These women always were 20, 25, 30 years younger than the men, but if we dated someone 10 years younger we’d be a cougar.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Sharon’s reps for a comment.

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