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Pesci looked terrible...

posted 9 years ago by ElMacho
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with his bad facelift and bouffant wig, he looked like Liberace. Marisa Tomei looked like his daughter, didn't buy them as a couple at all.

Desperanto spoken here...

[–] hodie1 9 years ago

It was a little stretch, but I thought they played well off each other.

[–] JohnSmythe 9 years ago

The wig didn't really suit him that's true, but I found the two of them as a couple quite compatible; they shared the same sarcastic wit and sense of humour and that usually plays a big part in a relationship.

[–] Heidi_Smiles 9 years ago

If you watch it on Blu Ray, you can see adhesive tape pulling up Joe Pesci's eyes.

Pobre de Dios que no sale en revistas, que no es modelo ni artista, o de familia real...

[–] CromeRose 7 years ago

If you watch it on Blu Ray, you can see adhesive tape pulling up Joe Pesci's eyes.

You don't need to watch it on Blu Ray to see that.

[–] JosephASpadaro 9 years ago

He did look terrible. But wasn't that intentional? Wasn't that the point? They wanted to make him look like a typical New York Italian, with all its inherent stereotypes. They wanted him to look the exact opposite of a smooth-talking well-dressed charismatic lawyer. For the audience, he was certainly believable as a grease monkey (auto mechanic), which was his former job. But, he certainly didn't fit the stereotype of a lawyer.

[–] PaladinNJ (20324) 4 years ago

That's how I read it as well.

[–] mls4182 7 years ago

He looked better than he did in JFK.

[–] imustkillthequeen 7 years ago

I just saw this on the Oxygen channel for the first time 20+ years...

Pesci looked so bad, it made my miss my VCR and 19 inch boob tube...

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I never noticed his face on my blurry vhs either.