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Countless Hollywood stars found fame in the 1990s, with the likes of Jim Carrey, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Winona Ryder, Robin Williams and Julia Roberts taking advantage of the industry’s new focus on individual screen actors. Another such star, who has since somewhat faded from the limelight in contemporary cinema, is Sharon Stone, the Oscar nominee who has worked with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Paul Verhoeven.
Breaking into the industry in the 1980s, Stone appeared in a number of TV shows and music videos until she hit the big time one decade later. It was the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie Total Recall in 1990 that would significantly boost Stone’s star persona, appearing in the vibrant flick as a major character, showing off her profile to the wider world of the movie industry.
Just two years later, she would take on her most iconic role as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct, a sexually provocative piece of cinema that, most famously, featured Stone in an interrogation scene that has since gone down in movie history. Although it was her most iconic role, it wasn’t her most decorated, going on to receive an Oscar nomination for her leading role in Scorsese’s 1995 film Casino.
As a definitive icon of ‘90s cinema, the actor earned a fair share of fans, with Stone revealing to them one of her favourite actors and comedians of all time in an interview with NBC.
The revelation came when Stone was discussing her favourite and most enjoyable movie she’s ever made, with the actor responding: “Well, they’re two separate things. The most fun I ever had on a movie was working with Albert Brooks. He’s the caviar of comedy. I mean, nobody’s funnier; nobody is smarter than Albert Brooks”.
The star of such classic comedies as Broadcast News, Lost in America and Defending Your Life, Brooks is well known as one of the greatest actors of the late 20th century. Handed an Oscar nomination for his performance in Broadcast News, modern audiences will better recognise him as one of the sadistic villains in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, demonstrating just how versatile the actor can be.
Take a look at a clip of Stone from Scorsese’s Casino below, a classic movie she starred in opposite Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent and James Woods. Stone narrowly missed out on the Oscar for her performance to Susan Sarandon, who won for Dead Man Walking.
