Billy Baldwin Says He Refused to Kiss Sharon Stone in 'Silver' After 1 Month of Tension
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Billy Baldwin Says He Refused to Kiss Sharon Stone in 'Silver' After 1 Month of Tension
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Summary
Billy Baldwin said on a recent podcast that he asked to avoid kissing Sharon Stone in the final "Silver" love scene after a month of on-set tension.
Three of the film's four love scenes had already been shot, he said, but Stone had stopped greeting him and would not engage during his close-up takes, leaving him unwilling to do the last scene as written.
Phillip Noyce and producer Robert Evans told Baldwin he still had to perform the scene, and Baldwin said the finished sequence was shaped by his plea not to kiss her.
Baldwin also disputed Stone's 2021 memoir claim that Evans pushed her to sleep with him for better chemistry, saying Evans was addressing reports of tension rather than her acting.
The account revives a feud Baldwin escalated in 2024 on X, though he now says he wants to "bury the hatchet" and would welcome a hug with Stone.