There was always something fated in Stone’s casting as Ginger, the moll to Robert DeNiro’s casino mogul in Martin Scorsese’s 1995 Las Vegas crime epic. Not only does it speak to the painstaking preparation Stone threw herself into while gearing up for one of her most unforgettable performances, but its synchronicity with the film’s 25th anniversary feels strangely appropriate.
It has everything, all my research-from all the police reports about Geri, to the first-day call sheet, to the thank you notes from people on set.” My son was climbing up my bookshelf to reach something, and he passed something down along the way and said, ‘Hold this.’ It turns out it was my giant binder from Casino. “A few days ago the greatest thing happened. “You won’t believe this,” she says, unprompted.
When we connect over the phone to discuss the anniversary of Casino, and the iconic style of her character Ginger, it becomes evident that this is far from the case. For most actors, the finer details of a character’s wardrobe from 25 years earlier would likely be lost in the fog of memory-particularly for someone with a career as prolific and wide-ranging as Sharon Stone.
