Sharon Stone tells us how Robert De Niro pissed her off while making Martin Scorsese's 'Casino'

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Sharon Stone spoke to Business Insider about working with Robert DeNiro on the set of “Casino”. She reflected on his uncanny ability to challenge and provoke her as an actor.

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00:00Sharon Stone just told me about the time Robert De Niro pissed her off on the set of Casino.

00:04And I remember thinking, oh, you crossed a line today, mister.

00:09We obviously know Sharon Stone from movies like Basic Instinct and The Quick and the Dead.

00:13And in 1996, she was Oscar nominated for her performance in Martin Scorsese's Casino.

00:18Stone had wanted to be working with De Niro for years and had been auditioning time and time again,

00:23but never got anything until Casino came around.

00:26And it was my dream. It was my dream to work with.

00:29Like, it was my, that's the apex.

00:31I want to work with De Niro and hold my own.

00:33That was the first thing when my, it's all my acting teacher.

00:36What do you want? I want to work with De Niro.

00:38I want to sit off at the table and I want to hold my own.

00:41But what I learned is Stone got really pissed off at De Niro for a way he delivered a specific line at her.

00:47And I'm sitting with him and he looks at me and he goes, you're a pretty good actress, aren't you?

00:51You're a good actress, you know that?

00:53Good fucking actress.

00:54And I remember in that scene when he said it, how furious it made me because it was my dream to do it.

01:02And then he challenged me at the table.

01:04And I remember thinking, oh, you crossed a line today, mister.

01:08Because he knew every button to go for with me.

01:11But Stone realized De Niro was doing this to heighten her performance.

01:15He is the greatest observational.

01:18I mean, he can crawl under your skin and get in there.

01:21He's so good.

01:22I mean, what an actor.

01:23What an actor.

01:24I'm a sucker.

01:25Stone gave me a lot more dishy insight about her career, like her fight with Michael Douglas before the making of Basic Instinct

01:31and getting slapped by Gene Hackman on the set of The Quick of the Dead.

01:35To read the whole story, head over to businessinsider.com.

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