Celebrities are often shorter in real life than they look on television, but Robert De Niro’s shortness has actually caused him an on-set problem.
The veteran actor has been filming in the Bronx, New York, for new Martin Scorsese flick The Irishman, and has been photographed wearing a really rather ridiculous pair of shoes to help combat his shortness.
De Niro is five foot eight inches in real life – only one inch taller than Pacino – so the film’s wardrobe department called in a special pair of shoes for scenes which required De Niro to tower over Pacino.
The veterans have a history of working together, having both starred in The Godfather: Part II in the 1970s, Heat in 1995 and Righteous Kill in 2008.
The actors looked dapper as they took a scroll while filming a scene from the upcoming movie, about the life of Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, a mob hitman.
The forthcoming release is based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brand, released in 2004.
De Niro plays an older Sheeran looking back retrospectively on his life in the movie, due for release in 2018.
Pacino, 77, plays Jimmy Hoffa, a labour union chief who went missing in the 1970s, and was notably shorter than Sheeran.
It is estimated that Sheeran carried out 25 murders throughout his life as a hitman.
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Scorsese recently told The Independent that The Irishman will differ from his other iconic gangster flicks.
‘This is different, I think it is,’ Scorsese revealed. ‘Goodfellasand Casino have a certain style that I created for them… but here it’s a little different’.
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