EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at screen icon Robert De Niro, Bobby Cannavale and newcomer William Fitzgerald in new comedy Inappropriate Behaviour, which is in production.
11.10.2022 - 23:15 / etcanada.com
Robert De Niro was not quite sure where Aubrey Plaza ended and her character Lenore began.
De Niro has been an actor for a hot minute, or more like five-plus decades, but he was caught completely off-guard by Plaza’s demeanour on the set of 2016’s “Dirty Grandpa”. The way Plaza describes it, “The Godfather” and “Scarface” actor never got to know the real Plaza.
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“I didn’t really have a relationship with him off camera because he’s him,” Plaza said at the London Film Festival ScreenTalk session, according to Variety. “I didn’t have time to get to know him, he shows up in a puff of smoke and there’s no chatting at the water cooler.
“By the time he’d show up, I’m in character. My character had one goal: To have sex with him. I was acting totally insane as the character because we were about to shoot. I don’t think he understood that wasn’t me. You’d think he would because he’s an actor and an amazing one.”
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Her character work was so convincing that De Niro apparently did not recognize Plaza at the film’s premiere.
“I showed up and he’s like, ‘Who are you, sweetheart?’ and after that he was normal,” Plaza said. “At first I think I came on really strong. I did some questionable things I wouldn’t do anymore.”
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at screen icon Robert De Niro, Bobby Cannavale and newcomer William Fitzgerald in new comedy Inappropriate Behaviour, which is in production.
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Aubrey Plaza has revealed that she “weirded out” Robert De Niro when they worked together on 2016’s Dirty Grandpa.During a London Film Festival ScreenTalk session, the actress and producer addressed her working relationship with the Raging Bull actor, and how her commitment to her role may have been perceived as “weird” behaviour.“I didn’t really have a relationship with him off camera because he’s him,” said Plaza (via Variety). “I didn’t have time to get to know him, he shows up in a puff of smoke and there’s no chatting at the water cooler.”“By the time he’d show up, I’m in character. My character had one goal: To have sex with him.
Aubrey Plaza opened up about her experience with Robert De Niro on the set of the 2016 film Dirty Grandpa.
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Ella Kemp Guest Contributor Aubrey Plaza has opened up about “weirding out” Robert De Niro when the pair worked together in 2016’s “Dirty Grandpa.” The actor and producer addressed years of swirling rumors about “being weird” and spoke about her commitment to her films at every stage of the process during a London Film Festival ScreenTalk session hosted by Leigh Singer, ahead of the release of Plaza’s new film “Emily The Criminal”. Reflecting on her working relationship with the “Raging Bull” actor (the two actors played lovers in Dan Mazer’s gross-out comedy), Plaza clarified that any way De Niro could have been offended by her behavior would have been due to her staying committed to her character.
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