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jodie foster has revealed its first impression of robert de niro It was that the iconic actor was “really uninteresting” – but it was all because of the way he acted.
the silence of the Lambs The star recently opened up about meeting De Niro on the set of Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film taxi driver When she was just 12 years old. he remembered how goodfellas The actor was already an established actor at the age of 32, but he still “took it.” [her] Under her wing” so that the pair could introduce themselves as co-stars.
“We’d run the lines and run the lines a second and third time,” Foster, now 63, told a chat on stage After winning the Tribute Award at the Marrakech Film Festival on Sunday.
“And I’m sure maybe some of you were here when Robert De Niro was here. One of our greatest American actors, very proud to have worked with him – not the most interesting person on Earth,” he said.
“At the time, he was very much a character, like he was in those days. So he was really uninterested and I remember having lunch with him and saying, ‘What’s going on? When can I go home?'”
Foster said that when the actors would go out to lunch together, she would talk to the waiters and other diners in the restaurant because they both had nothing to talk about while De Niro was in character. taxi driver Bhumika, a veteran with declining mental health.
However, Foster and De Niro’s A breakthrough in the relationship came when he talked to her about his process method actor,
Foster said, “By the time we finally had our third lunch together, he told me about improv and it opened my eyes to what acting could be.” “And I realized at 12, ‘Oh, it’s my fault because I didn’t bring enough things to the table.’ I’m just saying lines and waiting for my next line and acting naturally, but creating a character is something different.
She continued, “And I remember how excited I was, I remember coming back to the hotel room all sweaty, excited and giggling to meet my mom and say, ‘I’ve got this feeling.’ And I think everything changed from there.”
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This is not the first time Foster is open about his experience of playing Controversial role of child sex worker In Scorsese’s acclaimed film. in one last year interview, He recalled being intimidated by De Niro and Scorsese because of his young age on set.
“Yeah, they were a little scared, especially Scorsese, who kept laughing every time he talked to me. He started laughing and De Niro had to take over,” he told late night host Jimmy Kimmel at the time.