By She’s a legend in her own right, and Sharon Stone has reached a point where she’ll say what she wants and is unafraid to give brutally honest opinions about her work in the past.
Speaking at a press conference at the Torino Film Festival this week, Stone was on hand to host a screening of the Sam Raimi-directed 1995 western “The Quick and the Dead”. Stone led the film which also starred Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.
During a panel discussion tied to the screening, Stone spoke about the differences between Raimi and Martin Scorsese. Rather than talking about filming technique, she lobbied an unexpected criticism of the man himself:
“In Sam Raimi’s case, I really liked his films. I thought he was very intelligent and very funny, different from Marty because he’s Italian, he has loyalty, he has that family feeling, and because of it Marty and I still have a relationship and because of it Marty and I still work together.
Sam was a kid and he doesn’t have loyalty, he doesn’t have family, he didn’t ever talk to me again, he didn’t thank me, he didn’t hire me again, he didn’t acknowledge the relationship. Marty, because I worked so hard and because I admired him so much our relationship continues to today, there is depth there.”
Stone earlier in the talk said her producer role was crucial in helping the film and she was key to getting some of the talent onboard:
“The director Sam Raimi, who I had an opportunity to bring from ‘B’ movies to ‘A’ movies, and then he directed ‘Spider-Man’ and became a very big ‘A’ movie director. I brought Russell Crowe from Australia. I had the opportunity to cast Leo DiCaprio and bring him into a big leading role and I really enjoyed producing. I loved producing.”
The comments have raised eyebrows, especially the one about family considering Raimi has a wife, five kids and has always had his brothers involved in his filmmaking efforts. Raimi, often known behind-the-scenes as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood, also has his stable of familiar faces like Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless.
There’s also been some confusion over the remarks as, aside from “Casino,” Stone and Scorsese have only worked one more time together since with his 2019 documentary “Rolling Thunder Revue”.
The full panel is up at YouTube@TFF with all these comments said within the first eight minutes if you’d like to see for yourself.
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