hourTo 80 years old100 films, 2 Oscars and six children (from three different women). Robert DeNiro celebrate a birthday from wild bull Hollywood. Loved for his facial expressions, for that unmistakable mole (and for the way he loses his temper in gangster roles), this living legend brought to the big screen sequences built into the collective imagination. Many of them are the result of collaboration with Martin Scorsese.with whom he made 11 films. including the long awaited Flower Moon Assassins with Leonardo DiCaprior which will hit Italian cinemas from October 19 after exclusive streaming on Apple TV+. But it wasn’t Scorsese to figure outBut, Brian DePalma what does he do debut Hello America! 1968 and then use it in the following Newlyweds AND Hi, Mom!.
Molise for a quarteractor born in New York, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, by two artists. After her parents’ divorce, she grew up with her mother in the Little Italy region, absorbing cultural influences due to her Italian heritage. Learn acting firstLee Strasberg Actors Studio and then on conservatory with Stella Adler, where he studies the Stanislavsky method.
Today we want to celebrate Bob De Niro’s fabulous 80th birthday with 10 iconic moments from his filmography: from a monologue to a mirror in Taxi driver gagging nerd I present to you my.
The murder of Don Fanucci The Godfather – Part 2 (1974)
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor was chosen by Francis Ford Coppola after his audition for the role of Sonny during the cornerstone casting, where, however, James Caan was favored. To prepare for the role of the young Vito Corleone, De Niro spent six months in the Corleone area learning the Sicilian language. In the original version of the film, he plays in Italian with a strong Sicilian accent. This spectacular scene from the “Sequel to Sequels” shows the assassination of sinister boss Don Fanucci by a twenty-year-old Corleone.
Monologue in the mirror Taxi driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese’s cabbie executioner in Travis Bickle’s urban odyssey. The iconic mirror monologue was improvised by De Niro himself during a break, unaware that the director was still filming; “You talk to me?Robert learned this exercise under the guidance of Stella Adler.
Russian roulette Hunter (1978)
This is Michael “Mike” Wronski, the Vietnam veteran in Michael Cimino’s masterpiece. For the famous scene in which he subjects John Cazale’s character to an impromptu game of Russian roulette in a Viet Cong barracks, De Niro wanted the bullet in the gun barrel to actually be there. Casale agreed without protest, but he obsessively checked the gun before each take to make sure there was no cartridge in the chamber.
Fisticuffs in the ring wild bull (1980)
In his fourth film with Scorsese, De Niro wins an Oscar for Best Actor in a biopic about the Italian-American boxer. The actor trained with the real Jake LaMotta, going 1,000 rounds and winning two fights. In the second part, his character loses its former shape and weighs almost 100 kg. And De Niro did the same, recovering by 27 and a half kilograms: “I ate huge breakfasts, lunches and dinners. The first seven kilos go away on their own and it’s fun, but then it’s a sacrifice.“.
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Date with Deborah Once upon time in America (1984)
De Niro embodies gangster Noodles in Sergio Leone’s crime epic, which has its roots in New York’s taboo law. Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson turned down the title role in favor of Bob. I remember the scene in which, in an attempt to win over the woman who stole his heart, Noodles throws a splendid evening at a seaside restaurant reserved exclusively for the two of them, during which he asks her to marry him. She, reciprocating, refuses the offer.
He scolds Kevin Costner ne Untouchables (1987)
Bob De Niro’s perfect Al Capone screams “You’re just chatter and a badge!to the feds in the courtroom. Brian De Palma, the first to believe in him, directs him in a biopic about agent Eliot Ness, who must assemble a team to frame the boss of bosses. With no time to put on weight for the role, De Niro used fake makeup and padding to emulate a mobster. The star managed to track down Capone’s personal tailors, and so she wore replicas of the original costumes from the film. Also, the shaving kit seen at the Lexington Hotel actually belonged to a gangster.
Sharon Stone’s jewelry Casino (1995)
In the final act of Scorsese’s Mafia trilogy (which began with evil streets), the actor plays Ace: a gangster in flamboyant costumes inspired by Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal. Co-star Sharon Stone called De Niro “the best kisser on set”.
Calling with Al Pacino Heat (1995)
He shares the stage with Al Pacino for the first time in Michael Mann’s urban noir, inspired by the real-life figure of Chicago cop Chuck Adamson and criminal Neil McCauley (played by De Niro).
He exhales with a pillow inside Therapy and Bullets (1999)
A brilliant comedy in which our Bob impersonates analysis boss Paul Witti. The original idea was to make a movie with Billy Crystal before it was decided to pitch it to Harold Ramis.
Hands off the geek I present mine (2000)
In one of his all-time favorite comedic roles, Bob plays Jack Byrnes: Ben Stiller’s surly father-in-law and devoted owner of the flea-loving Himalayan Persian. De Niro originally wanted to train the cat for the film himself, but soon realized it would take many months to achieve the feat.