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One of the most ubiquitous, respected names within the Hollywood realm, it isn\u2019t difficult to imagine swathes of actors, young and old, emerging and established, giving their right arm for an opportunity to work alongside Robert De Niro<\/a>, but that doesn\u2019t mean the process is always exceptionally harmonious. <\/p>\n There are a multitude of well-respected actors who, no matter how much you adore their work, are easy to imagine being rather difficult company. As beloved as Orson Welles was, for instance, you probably wouldn\u2019t invite him out for a pint, no matter how much he seemed to enjoy Californian wine. As the American comedian John Mulaney so perfectly put it: \u201cFamous people are weird as shit. They\u2019re all weird\u201d. <\/p>\n De Niro likely falls into that same category. He has, after all, presided over a career spanning multiple decades and portraying characters as intense and all-consuming as Travis Bickle, Jake LaMotta, and, of course, Jack Byrnes in Meet the Fockers. <\/p>\n Typically, you are able to amass a filmography as expansive and beloved only if you boast a specific kind of personality, and one which often might not gel easily with other performers, as Edward Norton found out on the set of 2010\u2019s Stone<\/a>. <\/p>\n Norton and De Niro had already worked alongside each other nine years prior, in the Frank Oz-directed heist flick The Score, but it was on Stone that Norton got to fully embrace the bizarre nature of his co-star\u2019s process. During a promotional interview with the Washington Post<\/a>, he revealed, \u201cIt\u2019s a really nuanced and great performance from him,\u201d before adding, in a hushed tone, \u201cHe\u2019s so weird\u2026 He\u2019s just so strange\u201d.<\/p>\n Referring specifically to some of the more vulnerable, emotive scenes in that admittedly forgettable crime-thriller, Norton went on, \u201cI think there are so many actors who would literalise these things or overplay them. But he underplays them to the point where it feels so real and so uncomfortable to me\u201d.<\/p>\n To be fair to De Niro, the reason for his perceived strangeness, in the eyes of Edward Norton at least, is more to do with the complexities and talents of his acting process, rather than his own personality. Nevertheless, this oddity should perhaps come as no surprise, given the extent of his filmography, sure, and particularly his penchant for working with directors as prolific and perfectionist as Martin Scorsese, for instance<\/a>. <\/p>\n Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/p>\n You don\u2019t get to work on films as legendary as Taxi Driver without being able to provide some unique take on the more emotionally demanding moments of performance. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever been anybody who\u2019s better at expressing things with fragments,\u201d Norton continued in his assessment of his co-star. <\/p>\n \u201cWith almost no words. It\u2019s almost like words are an impediment to him, and the whole expression of it comes through his inability to talk about it rather than his ability to talk about it,\u201d he concluded, summarising the kind of unspeakable appeal that has kept Robert De Niro\u2019s acting career afloat for upwards of five decades. <\/p>\n Weirdo or not, it goes without saying, he is among the greatest actors Hollywood has ever produced<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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