On Sunday, De Niro, 75, and Scorsese, 76, were discussing their many acclaimed collaborations over the years in front of a live audience at New York’s famed Beacon Theater. And when the conversation turned to Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated filmThe Wolf of Wall Street(2013), DiCaprio revealed himself to be in the audience.
“He’s a really good kid,” De Niro said of the Oscar winner, before Scorsese shouted DiCaprio’s name out to the crowd. To the shock of all in attendance, DiCaprio, 44, stood up from his seat near the front, wearing a baseball hat and black jacket, waving to the audience and receiving a standing ovation.
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“20 some odd years ago, you [De Niro] were doing a filmThis Boy’s Lifeand you said, ‘There’s this kid, Leo DiCaprio, he’s really good, you gotta work with him sometime,’” Scorsese told the audience. “And you don’t usually say that.”
Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.Gregory Pace/Shutterstock
DiCaprio and Scorsese made their first film together,Gangs of New York, in 2002, and from there a brilliant partnership was formed.
Since then, the pair have worked together on five feature films that have racked up 31 Academy Award nominations and won nine. Scorsese and De Niro, meanwhile, have had a similarly successful partnership, with nine feature films since 1973, including classics likeCasinoandGoodfellas.
Scorsese and De Niro’s next collaboration is upcoming Netflix filmThe Irishman, which is the pair’s first work together on a streaming service. The film will also star Joe Pesci,Al PacinoandAnna Paquin.
The Tribeca Film Festival runs through May 5.
source: people.com
