“I think it could work, at least we laughed more than enough while filming it, and the strife between grandchildren and grandparents is a grateful topic, I could talk about it for a long time myself,” says an American film legend about his new role. otherwise a six-time father and a four-time grandfather.
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The only thing that spoils the joy of the new comedy is the situation around coronavirus. “I’ve experienced a lot already, but the months with covid-19 are perhaps the worst. I feel like I’m in Shakespeare’s tragedy or in a sci-fi movie, but unfortunately it’s a reality. The whole situation is desperate, it scares me. New York is like a ghost town. The only one trying here is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, “he said recently.
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He said on the popular TV show Late night show that he would even like to play Cuoma in a film about the epidemic.
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“I admire him. At least we have a person who is very capable, doing a great job, doing what the president should do. But he only thinks about being re-elected, and he doesn’t care how many people die, “he added uncompromisingly.
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His coronary crisis itself affected not only as an actor, but also as a very successful businessman. The restaurants and hotel chains of Nobu and The Greenwich Hotel, which he owns, have suffered huge losses in recent months and his creative plans have been thwarted.
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Last year, Robert De Niro planned to build a unique film studio in New York for millions of dollars. Construction of the modern complex, which was to grow in the Queens neighborhood of New York, was to begin this year. It came out.
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It is necessary to portray villains
But let’s go back to the comedy Děda, the fear of the family, which children and their parents can now enjoy in Czech cinemas. Robert is no newcomer to this genre.
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“I just like good comedies and I’ve played them with breaks for years. Perhaps I also have a proper sense of humor, I like to make fun of myself as well, ”he explains, adding that the film undoubtedly offers good entertainment.
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In the role of an uncompromising grandfather in the new comedy Děda, fear of the family.
Photo: Bontonfilm
“The advantage of family comedy is, as I said, that I can draw on my own experience. It is a deep probe into human relationships, and in it I can unleash my imagination and do what I could not afford in dramatic situations. In comedy, on the other hand, dramatic moments can be the most ridiculous, “he says.
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Trailer for the film Grandpa, Fear of the Family
Video: Bontonfilm
Other famous actors sing ode to his comedic talent. Al Pacino, with whom he made several memorable films during his joint career, including The Irishman (2019), said:
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“Bob did something completely unthinkable for many actors when he started a comedy after tragic roles. Today, there is a whole generation of viewers who consider him exclusively a comedic actor, which is fantastic. His talent simply has no boundaries. “
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In the role of the depraved Vietnam veteran Travis in the drama Taxi Driver (1976).
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Still, it’s hard not to associate Robert De Niro with the brutal killers and mentally disturbed characters who made him famous and represented at the time of his acting, whether it was Vito Corleone in Godfather, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, Al Capone in Incorruptible, or another gangster Jimmy. Conway in Mafia, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Max Cady in Cape of Horrors.
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“It’s true that the characters I played were negative, with a few exceptions. But whether they were mobsters, robbers, swindlers, villains, or perverts, they were real characters, and that is why they were and should be shown in the film. At this age, however, comedians are much more pleasant for me, “he claims.
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Fateful meeting
Robert’s parents were well-known painters. From an early age, however, he lived only with his mother. Soon after his birth, the father stopped hiding that he was gay and left the family – but later saw his son regularly.
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Although De Niro is described as an Italian-American actor, the Italian is only a quarter. His father Robert was half Irish and half Italian, his mother Virginia had French, Dutch and German ancestors.
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However, he himself preferred the Italian grandfather on his father’s side and says that his Italian self is closest to him. But he also loves his native New York. After his hometown of Tribeca, he christened both his film company, which he founded here in the mid-1990s, and the – now famous – film festival.
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He lost his passion for acting at the age of ten, when he was given the role of a fearful lion in The Wizard of Oz at a local theater.
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He then declared that he would be an actor, but no one believed him until he left high school at seventeen because of his dream and went to the theater company.
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The first Oscar at thirty
He appeared on stage at the age of twenty, then it took another six years before he broke into the movie screen. He began this part of his career in the 1969 comedy The Wedding Party.
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It was fatal for him to meet Martin Scorses – in 1973 he cast him in the drama Dirty Street. Just a year later, De Niro played the young Vit Corleone in The Godfather. He won the first Oscar at the age of 31 for his brilliant performance.
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He still wanders horror as the vengeful Max Cady in the thriller Cape of Horrors (1991).
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He later met Scorses to work on The Taxi Driver, New York, New York, The Raging Bull (thanks to which he could boast a second Oscar in 1980), The King of Comedy, Mafia, Cape of Horrors, and Casino.
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Last year, under the direction of Scorses, he enjoyed playing the assassin Frank Sheeran in Irish and is preparing for another joint project, Killers of the Flower Moon, with him and his favorite, Leonard DiCaprio.
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The only thing he can’t do is dance
He has directed only two films so far (The CIA Case and The Bronx Story), but he does not end directing. He can make excellent use of his acting experience:
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“For example, when I’m directing a big drama scene, part of me says: thank God I don’t have to do it alone anymore. But after those more than a hundred movies, I know very well what it’s like. For example, it is midnight, it freezes, you are half-naked, half-dead, and yet you have to get the most out of yourself. As a director, I don’t freeze so much, but again, in just such a situation, I have to get the actors to give the most convincing performance. I am very lucky to believe in me, “he admits.
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From the very beginning, De Niro’s role model was Marlon Brando. Just as he is very careful about his privacy, he follows the principle that his personal life has nothing to do with his roles.
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“Very soon I had to decide whether I wanted to be an actor or a celebrity. It also helped me a lot that I never considered myself a fascinating person. ”Viewers see in him above all a serious artist who honors his profession.
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Did you know that …
- He has a total of six children with three women.
- He learned the Sicilian dialect to portray Vita Corleone, and paid Max Dentist five thousand dollars to destroy his teeth for Max Cady at Cape of Horrors to destroy his teeth after filming to fix them again. As a boxer, Jake boxer gained thirty pounds in Furious Bull.
- In 2003, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, from which he recovered.
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Perhaps the only thing he can’t do is dance. This is claimed by his young colleague from the famous fantasy Star Dust Claire Danes. “He enchanted me with his acting, but he kept stepping on my feet while dancing. But that’s okay. It’s Robert De Niro, and he can afford it. “
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