Riccardo Bertoni

He was the first to cast Sharon Stone in a film ("Stardust Memories," 1980) and over the course of his thirty-year career in Hollywood, he oversaw the casting of dozens of feature films, including "9 1/2 Weeks," "Fatal Attraction," "Die Hard with a Vengeance," "Godzilla," and "Unfaithful." Riccardo Bertoni —born in Lugano on November 8, 1933—moved to Italy at a young age and studied acting under Federico Fellini and Anna Magnani. His first role saw him share the screen with Marcello Mastroianni in 1957 ("The Girl f...