Robert De Niro has revealed the toughest role he’s had to prepare for in his five-decade career.
And I thought the graphic difference of being out of shape and then being a young fighter really was interesting,” De Niro added.
“I guess Raging Bull“, he said, referring to the 1980 Jake LaMotta biopic directed by Scorsese, ”because of [putting on] the weight and all that.”
Asked by The Hollywood Reporter whether he convinced Scorsese to take on the project, De Niro replied: ”I didn’t convince him; we have our own ways of [finding common ground].