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Stone 'nearly killed herself making Casino'
Published Monday, Oct 12 2009, 09:05 BST | By Rebecca Davies
Rex Features
The actress, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie, said that she didn't eat for a week before filming a crucial scene because she was so desperate to impress director Martin Scorsese by looking "skinny and out of it".
Stone told Prestige magazine: "We did the death scene on the last day because Scorsese knew I wanted to get just so completely skinny and out of it."
She continued: "In the final week I didn't eat, I didn't do anything, I just made myself a complete wreck so that I could get skinny, skinny, skinny, skinny and down to nothing. I lost so much weight."
The 51-year-old star also said that she believes she is getting sexier with age, saying: "You should just be confident and comfortable and at ease and okay to be sexy in middle age as a woman. It's fun. And not a big deal. We should be able to appreciate that sensuality and sexuality go along with this motto of wisdom and intelligence and dignity and elegance as a goal."
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