Director Martin Scorsese admits it Good friends‘ the most famous scene was not originally scripted. Starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci Good friends The story of Henry Hill’s life with the mafia. The 1990 gangster film is considered one of Scorsese’s best films, and was nominated for six Academy Awards. The film has stood the test of time and is a classic, surpassing Scorsese’s other gangster-centric films, e.g. Casino and Irish.
When talking to Submission deadline; termination periodScorsese admitted one good people the most iconic moments were not originally scripted. According to the director, Pesci’s “How am I funny?” the scene is created by the actor. He says so Good friends was an open and collaborative process, the production game for many spontaneous ideas, which allowed Pesci to develop a scene with Scorsese before it was shot. Check out Scorsese’s comments Good friends the following scene:
“Yes. In terms of Goodfellas, it was visceral, but it was on the page, with Nick Pileggi and me, and then it was a matter of push, push, push. It is also designed on the page. Some things happened by themselves. For example, when Joe Pesci came in and said, “I want to do this scene…” and the whole movie we were like, “just do it.” We did it in rehearsal, we rewrote it from rehearsal.”
“Something happened to me,” he said. We were in a restaurant, I said, tell me. He says, “I can’t tell you here.” Well, let’s go to my place, I said, so we did. He said, “I’m going to stage it.” And he did, I said, “I know where to put it.” It’s not even in the script. I didn’t write it. I said we’d squeeze it into a shoot one day. And Mark Canton had some other guys from Warner Brothers with him that day, and we hear. laughter from the camera. It was them.
“How funny am I?” The improv scene explained
Pesci’s performance as Tommy DeVito is noteworthy Good friends. Despite being nominated for six Oscars, he only won one, for Best Supporting Actor for Pesci. A standout character alongside Tommy Liotta and De Niro, even losing to Lorraine Bracco’s Karen Hill for Best Supporting Actress.
Pesci has some impressive moments Hello friends, like when Tommy gets beat upthe most notable scene is when he says: “How am I funny?” The scene sees Tommy tell a story that makes everyone at the table laugh, prompting Liotta’s Hill to praise him as a funny guy. However, Tommy takes this as a front rather than a compliment and, given Tommy’s demeanor, turns a moment of humor into a tense, possibly dangerous scene. It’s an instantly recognizable scene, which makes its improvised nature all the more poignant.
Liotta has previously commented that Pesci brought the scene to life, revealing an improvised nature, and that the idea was inspired by Pesci’s personal experiences. When the actor was much younger and worked in a restaurant, he “bound guy” he was funny, which was met with a Tommy-like reaction. Now, more than 30 years later, the scene is helping Good friends keep up with the cultural zeitgeist through quotes and memes from the scene. So time Good friends lives on as a classic film, some moments became more important, the inclusion of Pesci in the film had a huge impact.
Source: Deadline
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