Why was de Niro here?
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franzkabuki — 9 years ago(August 25, 2016 10:52 AM)
"Anyone could play it".
Not too many as well as him. De Niro was quite wonderfully hilarious here; probably his last truly excellent performance - as well as one of his most unusual ones.
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striker90210 — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 04:29 PM)
Of all the actors they could have chosen to play such small unimportant role, they chose de Niro. He does a good job. But come on, it's beep de Niro!
This is an old interview with Tarantino. The same question was asked and here is his answer. It starts at 12:50 minutes. First the age of the character. Second, a different role that is not about cool dialogue but it is about body language.
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dhmason6155 — 9 years ago(August 12, 2016 11:52 AM)
He seems to take anything that's offered to him (Rocky and Bullwinkle?!) basically out of boredom, although he also plays mild mannered beta-males (What Just Happened, Mad Dog and Glory, The Intern) as well as powerful alpha males (Goodfellas). Maybe he's seeking some kind of balance.
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DracTarashV — 9 years ago(August 15, 2016 09:45 PM)
His sex scene with Fonda is a masterpiece, and that's all that matters.
Jokes aside, De Niro is in this movie because he actually wanted the role of Max Cherry but Tarantino already had Robert Forster in mind for that role, so De Niro ended up with a smaller but no less memorable part. His casting as Louis was perfection.
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dhmason6155 — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 01:56 PM)
De Niro and Samuel Jackson were the most exciting actors, and the standouts in an otherwise marginal movie. This is regarded as one of Tarantino's weaker films.
I think this is the only movie that Tarantino didn't write and it showed. It's obvious to me that he had a hard time interpreting a book, and hence a different set of influences and ideas than his own.
But his "Guns and Babes" sales video was awesome!
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bubblegum_jenocide — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 07:33 PM)
Yeah, they chose De Niro, but that doesn't mean they forced De Niro. He obviously agreed to do the part. He must have seen some merit in it.
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