The film, released in 1980, is an autobiographical drama adapted from the memoir Raging Bull: My Story by middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta, published 10 years earlier. Pic: The Robert De Niro archives/ Harry Ransom Center/ Coattail Publications That first conversation sparked the beginning of a friendship which has led to Glennie’s latest work, Raging Bull: The Making Of, featuring not just De Niro sharing his memories and photos, but director Martin Scorsese and other stars and crew members, too – including the rarely interviewed Joe Pesci.ĭe Niro trained for the role and then put on weight to play LaMotta in later years. But his father is Mr Robert De Niro, the star says. This was the Robert De Niro, a childhood hero, one of the most revered actors in the world. For Jay Glennie, a writer from Essex who had first tried his luck emailing representatives for the star towards the end of 2016, it initially felt strange. When you’re chatting to Robert De Niro, you’re told to call him Bob. For the past year, British writer Jay Glennie has been working with De Niro and Scorsese to tell the story of how the film was made. Raging Bull, the dark and unrelenting story of violent boxer Jake LaMotta, is widely considered among the greatest films ever made, and certainly one of actor Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese’s finest works.
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