Sharon Stone Sets the Record Straight on Funding Leonardo DiCaprio’s Salary and Responds to Rumors About Another Actor.

On Monday (November 20), the 65-year-old actress made a statement about paying the 49-year-old actor’s salary for their 1995 Western film, The Quick and the Dead.

At the time, the studio was not excited about hiring a relatively new face, but Sharon believed in him.

She wrote in an Instagram caption, “Yes, I paid @leonardodicaprio’s salary out of mine. No I didn’t pay @russellcrowe’s, but I did ask for the film to be delayed two weeks so we could get him here from Australia, and our producer @mikemedavoyup agreed to the delay. And to cover those expenses.”

Sharon concluded her post with a “thank you.”

In an interview earlier this month, Leonardo said that he’d thanked Sharon “many times” over the years. “I don’t know if I sent her an actual, physical thank you gift, but I cannot thank her enough,” he said.

The Titanic star added, “She’s been a huge champion of cinema and giving other actors opportunities, so I’m very thankful.”

Sharon recently revealed that she was sexually harassed by a former head of Sony Pictures.