shooting scene images from movie casino 1995

Sharon Stone didn’t have a body double for the film.In the original script, Nicky was supposed to shoot and kill Lester in the desert for Sam.When Nicky is dropped into the hole to be buried alive, Joe Pesci re-broke the rib he broke while filming Raging Bull (1980).meaning, when the story became more chaotic, so did the color combination of the characters’ clothes.

Rita Ryack, the film’s costume designer, stated that the costumes represented the nature of the story.

For the film, Scorsese hired parolees and the FBI agents who busted them as consultants.

However, because the role was too similar to her character in Scarface (1983), Pfeiffer turned it down.

Michelle Pfeiffer was considered for the role of Ginger.

Sharon Stone was very anxious filming the scene where Ginger is talking in the phone booth, so Martin Scorsese comforted her by sitting out of the shot and holding her hand.

During Lester and Ginger’s phone conversation, Woods’ character wasn’t supposed to talk but Woods improvised all the lines and suggested adding the cocaine and prostitute.

One of the hardest things that producers had to do was finding people who could tell them how to cheat in a casino.

For the movie, Sharon Stone motivated her on-screen daughter Erika Von Tagen (Amy) to constantly annoy James Woods (Lester).

However, the MPAA didn’t want the scene cut anyway, so it was only slightly edited and kept in the final cut.

When it came to the film’s “head in a vice” scene, Scorsese stated he only added that scene so the MPAA would consider the other violent scenes less graphic in comparison and would only cut that one out.

The rest, the duo came up with on their own. Director Martin Scorsese only told them where to begin and where to finish.

De Niro and Joe Pesci (Nicky) improvised most of their on-screen conversations.

Both were allowed to keep all of their outfits after filming ended. Sharon Stone (Ginger) had about forty different outfits for the film, and Robert De Niro (Sam) had seventy.

1,000,000 dollars went to the film’s costume budget.

So, I wanted to dedicate this post to my favorite Martin Scorsese film! Enjoy! When I first saw this film, I became so obsessed with it that I would just watch it over and over again. Welcome back to Behind The Scenes Saturday! I can’t tell you how much I love Casino.

Shooting scene images from movie casino 1995