Martin Scorsese Reveals the Two Movies Robert De Niro Passed on Starring In
justjared.comMartin Scorsese is looking back at his longtime friendship with Robert De Niro. Over the years, the longtime collaborators have worked on several movies together including Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Irishman, and most recently Killers of the Flower Moon.
In a new interview, Martin, 80, revealed the two movie roles he offered Robert, 79, but he passed on. Keep reading to find out more… While speaking with Deadline, Martin revealed that he approached Robert to star in The Departed and Gangs of New York. “We talked to Bob about it, but he didn’t want to do it,” Martin recalled of The Departed. “‘What about The Departed?’ ‘Nah, I don’t wanna do that.’ ‘OK.’” “I didn’t work with Bob for 10 years until we did Goodfellas,” Martin continued.
We went off in different directions. Then we made another two, three films. And then, for another 19 years, we didn’t.” He added, “So, with Bob, after Casino we stopped for a while and I did Kundun and Bringing Out the Dead.
And then Gangs of New York. We always checked in, on that and everything else.” As for why Robert turned down Gangs of New York, Martin said, “That was just a check-in.
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