"They wanted to take somebody with them to put all their scraps of paper and all their work down into a screenplay and the lady they took with them was Gloria Norris. "The plan was to go to the Caribbean for three or four weeks and really stamp their authority on it," says Glennie. The pictures of De Niro and Scorsese grinning and sipping cocktails, dressed in Hawaiian shirts, are a million miles away from the dark story they were about to commit to screen. He had to find that out to get into the character."Īs 2020 went on, Glennie spoke to Scorsese and others involved in the film, hearing stories from behind the scenes and how Scorsese and De Niro flew out to Sint Maarten, in the Caribbean, to work on screenwriter Paul Schrader's screenplay. "He said he had to find out how it felt to have your legs chapped because they're rubbing against one another, what it felt like to be out of breath, your hands putting on weight as well, not being able to pick up your children. The writer delved deep into everything, from why De Niro wanted to take on the character, to convincing Scorsese, to his training and then weight gain to capture LaMotta's later years. Pic: Gloria Norris/ Coattail Publications It was a lot of fun to do.Image: De Niro and Scorsese travelled to the Caribbean to work on the script. And so that’s where we are and the script is being re-worked again. And I said, ‘Sure! Fine.’ So it’s been going through these kind of changes." When quizzed about what his character will be doing he continued, "Well, he’s helping the son of Charles Grodin he’s gotten himself in trouble. If somebody comes up with a great, great script, I’d read it and say, ‘Yeah, it’s great, I’ll think about it, consider it, sure." On Midnight Run 2 he spewed, "Somebody approached me, a young writer and he said how much he liked and he said, ‘I’m writing a sequel if you want to ’. When asked about the recently announced Raging Bull 2 he said, "Well, I don’t know about it (laughter). 's Mike Flemming also conducted a funny Q&A with De Niro and he answered some online questions as well as scribe queries. Robert De Niro's Tribecca Film Festival is in full swing, which means the normally reclusive and press shy legendary actor is being quizzed by journalists on his own upcoming projects as he's knocking about New York.
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