

“So I told Marty, 'Read the book, there's something there.

“The book, for some reason, it wasn't great literature, but something about it, it had a lot of heart,” De Niro said.

No matter what, it would be special … because everything we put into it.”ĭe Niro gained 60 pounds to play the boxer Jake LaMotta in his later years. In a sit-down with star Robert De Niro at the close-out of De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival, Scorsese and De Niro discussed the iconic Oscar-winning film with Leonardo DiCaprio.ĭe Niro says: “The one thing that I always felt is that we didn't know how well it'd do but we knew it'd be a special movie. 1980’s “Raging Bull” almost did director Martin Scorsese in.
