Find out how Robert De Niro and Al Pacino used this unique person to bring their younger selves to the screen. Everyone's talking about Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Netflix's Oscar hopeful that reunites Robert De Niro and Al Pacino with Goodfellas star Joe Pesci for a three-and-a-half hour epic about a real-life Mafia assassin, Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran (De Niro), reflecting on a life full of regret and murder. They are also talking about how the $160 million production used ILM digital effects to de-age its starts to play younger versions of themselves as the film chronicles their exploits across several decades. One trick ILM didn't have was a very analog one: A posture coach. “This guy, Gary, he showed me how I should go down the stairs,” De Niro explained to Empire in an exclusive interview. “I kind of hopped. Let myself fall down the stairs as opposed to carefully stepping down them. What’s the word? Sprightlier.” Pacino, who is 79 (!), also had to find a new, "younger" way to ascend stairs in the role of infamous labor union chief Jimmy Hoffa. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 30 September, 2019