Nobody trusted the Titanic actor and a superstar had to pay his salary

Leonardo DiCaprio is considered one of the greatest actors of our time. It was not always like that. In order for him to get a role in the action western Faster Than Death, colleague and 90s superstar Sharon Stone had to pay his fee. She had been convinced of his qualities ever since he burst into tears at the audition. The film is available on Netflix. At Netflix: Leonardo DiCaprio was unwanted in action westerns

Faster Than Death is set in 1881 in the remote Wild West town of Redemption. It is ruled by the brutal outlaw Herod (Gene Hackman), who, to everyone’s amusement, reigns supreme just declared a dueling competition has. Joining them are a mysterious stranger (Stone), preacher and ex-bandit Cort (Russell Crowe) and a cocky youngster (DiCaprio) who thinks he is Herod’s son.

Stone was not only a leading lady, but also had a great influence on the casting decisions as a co-producer. As People quoted her from her memoir The Beauty of Living Twice, she was keen to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as the young loudmouth. Be audition where he burst into tears during a scene, had convinced her. But the studio didn’t share her view.

“Why an unknown? Why do you always shoot yourself in the foot, Sharon?“, according to the book, an employee of the Sony studio is said to have said to her. “They said if I want him so bad I can pay for it out of my own pocket. And so I did.“

Sharon Stone’s persistence paid off. DiCaprio, along with Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman and Stone himself, deliver the best in Western action. The film, directed by Spider-Man Sam Raimi, flopped at the box office in 1995 (via The Numbers ), but has since become a cult film that is being re-evaluated by many critics.

“The movie is so crazy, that it impossible to have a bad time watching“, writes about Tom Reimann from Collider.

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