Why was de Niro here?
Of all the actors they could have chosen to play such small unimportant role, they chose de Niro. He does a good job. But come on, it's *beep* de Niro!
shareI thought he was amazing! And unimportant role? How come? Oo
shareWhat was important about his role? He says almost nothing throughout, smokes a lot of dope and is clearly a minor character. He's necessary, but as others have stated, anyone could play it.
share"He's necessary, but as others have stated, anyone could play it."
Yeah, so, where's the problem again?
I'm just clarifying that I didn't think he was amazing or particularly important. There's just nothing to the character for someone of his ability to make his own.
I also think fans get caught up in an actor's work, thinking everything they do is brilliant or amazing. Sometimes, they just mail it in. Frankly, I don't know why De Niro accepted this role. He must have taken a pay cut and had recently done Heat and Copland, both fine performances in my opinion. Ronan was just around the corner as well.
"I also think fans get caught up in an actor's work, thinking everything they do is brilliant or amazing."
Even though I'm indeed a huge fan, I'm far from thinking that everything he does is amazing. But, his performance in Jackie Brown was amazing in my eyes. He was outstanding in Heat, decent in CopLand but in this movie it's Stallone who really impressed me.
Agreed on that one. Stallone was the best part of CopLand and that is saying something given some of the other fine performances. The only reason I mentioned those films is that he was still doing some good work.
Al Pacino on the other hand has been doing some real garbage for a long time and his over the top theatrics have been laughable for thirty years now. Also, his voice changed somehow. It seemed much higher in pitch in the seventies.
I actually always considered Sly as an oustanding actor... he just didn't show it like many others... unfortunate!
shareI really enjoyed Ray Liotta's performance in Copland also.
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"Anyone could play it".
Not too many as well as him. De Niro was quite wonderfully hilarious here; probably his last truly excellent performance - as well as one of his most unusual ones.
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