Sharon Stone has spilled the tea on who she believes to be the best kisser in Hollywood after years of working in the industry.
Stone is said to have starred in at least 63 movies over the course of her career, and has played romantic roles alongside the likes of Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct, Billy Baldwin in Silver, Sylvester Stallone in The Specialist, and Robert De Niro in Casino.
Now, Stone isn't on the best of terms with her Silver co-star Baldwin after she alleged that the film's producer suggested she slept with the actor so that his performance 'would get better'.
Baldwin later responded to her remarks and suggested that still had 'a crush' on her all these years later, or that she was 'still hurt all these years later because [he] shunned her advances'.
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Yikes.
With their public feuding in mind, it probably won't come as a surprise that Stone didn't name Baldwin as 'the best kisser in the business'.
Speaking on Andy Cohen's SiriusXM radio show, Stone said that a specific actor kissed her 'right out of [her] shoes' — that actor being De Niro.
"Oh my god. He's the best kisser in the business," she said of the acting legend.
Recalling the day the shot one of their Casino kissing scenes, Stone shared: "I remember the day that we did this scene where I have to go to the bathroom and, because I play this hustler, I get him to give me money to go to the bathroom.
"He looks at me and he reaches in and gives me 100 [dollars] and then I lean over and I kiss him, and he really just knocked me out."
Apparently the hot moment between the two stars even left director Martin Scorsese blushing. While he'd got the shot he wanted, he suggested they do another one because they both seemed to have enjoyed it so much.
"Marty cut, and he looks at us and goes, 'I think we got it but would you guys like another one?'" Stone said. "And we both looked at him and went, 'Yeah, I think maybe we need one more.'"
The actress has always been extremely complimentary about De Niro and said her time working with him on Casino was 'life changing'.
"I learned more from working with Robert De Niro than I think I probably learned all together in my entire career," she told E! News in 2024.
Stone went on to say of Scorsese and everybody else who worked on the 1995 hit movie: "I love working with Marty Scorsese, and my relationship has stayed very much intact."
"Working with Jimmy Woods, unbelievable,"' she added. "Joe Pesci, who really fought for me to get this job, was great to me… These guys, they mean a lot to me. Nothing would be more exciting to me than to do anything with any of them."
Stone's latest sentiments come shortly after she revealed why she prefers to 'fast forward' through modern sex scenes in movies as films nowadays will often leave little to the imagination.
"When sex scenes come on TV, I fast forward," she explained to Gayle King. "I don’t want to see it. I don’t want to have to go through all of this blatant, harsh sexuality. For me, it steals from my own imagination. And I prefer my yearning, mystery, desire. I want to keep that alive inside myself."
Topics: Robert De Niro, Hollywood, Andy Cohen, Film and TV
Niamh Shackleton