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The Ginger coke snorting scene with Amy.

posted 8 years ago by old-skool101
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Question did sharon stone really pretend to snort coke in front of a 10 year old girl?

....or was cgi or a body double at work here?....because it couldnt have setup a good example for the little girl.

[–] Noelitede 8 years ago

It's just acting, and the girl knew that. It's different being in a set where an actress pretends doing drugs to actually having your mother snorting coke for real.

[–] old-skool101 8 years ago

yep....just acting. The little girl would NEVER think 'Wow, that looks pretty cool...I might give it a go'

[–] Noelitede 8 years ago

In my opinion, movies like this one do totally the opposite. Ginger looks like a person who has ruined her life thanks to alcohol and drugs, is a horrible mother, a very greedy person, cannot let go that pimp. So having such a bad and ridiculous person doing drugs wouldn't make the girl think "Wow, this character is so cool because she does drugs, such a great person does drugs, I should too!" Instead, she's watching the example of what drugs can do to someone.
Same thing goes for movies like Trainspotting. Adults fear that if their sons or daughters watch those movies, they're going to want to try drugs. But it's totally the opposite, you see people ruining their lifes and harming themselves, thaat doesn't make you curious about drugs.
Finally, I can't imagine Scorsesse bringing a double or doing some cgi work just to avoid setting a bad example to the girl.

[–] firefly900 8 years ago

A ha ha ha CGI Coke! How old are you? Jesus!

[–] NutMustardx 8 years ago

Yea dude the little girl will grow up and be offered coke someday and think back to sharon stone snorting coke on the movie set and say let's try it. Lol. What a tool. Better yet....why wouldn't u think the little girl would see that do8ng coke ruined sharons life in the movie and be like hell no I'm not doing that . Some people aRe beyond retarded

[–] old-skool101 7 years ago

Bet you saw scarface back in the day and completely put off doing coke for life...after montana fell in that fountain....you dag tard.

[–] JH66 (143) 7 years ago

Some parents would still object, akin to viewing simulated sex?

[–] JLeland (118) 7 years ago

I have no idea about the kid in the movie but some parents actually talk to their kids about what they see, what they hear, and what is right and what is wrong. They don't hide lifes truths but use them as an opportunity to teach their kids. It's called parenting.

[–] IMDBrefugee (435) 6 years ago

This what my dad with me since he knew he couldnt hide mature rated TV and games from me.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

This kind of "thinking" will lead to the most uninteresting art ever created.

[–] JoelRoman (4) 6 years ago

I'm certain that Sharon didn't actually snort real coke. It was probably milk sugar like in Scarface. I don't think movies or television shows influence people that much. Ginger was not a good wife or mother. She was in it for the cash and for sex with anyone who would plow her. (I would have used a stronger word there but I am not sure about the format regarding profanity).

[–] ExTechOp (2747) 6 years ago

What's really silly about this thread:

Yes, Sharon Stone was ACTING the part of a bad mother, but more importantly Erika von Tagen was ACTING the part of a disappointed daughter.

Amy (the character) wasn't showing anything but disgust for Ginger (the character). Why would Erika (the actor), even at that age, think that Ginger (the character) was cool when Erika's own character, Amy, didn't think Ginger was cool?

In other words, EVERYONE involved knew that Ginger was a loser, not worthy of imitation, including and especially the actor playing the daughter. She couldn't have played the part effectively if she didn't hate Ginger's behavior.