One evening, Tangiers Casino manager and mob handicapper, Sam 'Ace' Rothstein is watching over the security cameras when he catches Ginger stealing poker chips after distracting men with her good looks. Ginger is depicted as a heartless casino hustler in Las Vegas, Nevada during the early 1970s. Sharon Stone won a Golden Globe for her performance and is to this day recognized as one of the best villainesses in modern cinema. Ginger's cunning and manipulative personality has become infamous among movie fans, and she is often ranked as one of the greatest female movie villains. She was portrayed by Sharon Stone, who also played Lori Quaid in Total Recall, Catherine Tramell in the Basic Instinct films, and Laurel Hedare in Catwoman.Ī hustler by nature, Ginger has no capacity for love, often using her looks to fool men into supporting her.
She is based on the late real life Las Vegas socialite, showgirl, and model Geraldine 'Geri' McGee. Ginger McKenna is the secondary antagonist of the 1995 crime film Casino. ~ Ginger's cold-blooded philosophy on marriage. I'm a working girl, right? You don't think I'm gonna go into a situation like this if I don't think I'm gonna get covered on the back end. I knew the bottom could drop out at any time. I went into this with my eyes open, you know.