Right after “Goodfellas” came out in 1990, Ray Liotta received a contact out of the blue: It was the person he portrayed in the movie, mobster-turned-informant Henry Hill.
Hill told the actor he would “love to sit down and talk with ya,” and the two agreed to meet at Jerry’s Deli in the Valley at the bowling alley, Liotta instructed The Submit in 2020.
“And the to start with thing he mentioned was, ‘Thanks for not generating me appear like a scumbag!’ And I mentioned, ‘Serious? Did you see the motion picture? You cheated on your spouse, you were dealing medication when your crew explained to you not to.’ I wondered what manufactured him believe that he was not.
“It was an fascinating point of view that persons have of themselves.”
The actor, who died Thursday at the age of 67, explained how he prepared for his most famed role. To start with, he study the non-fiction guide the movie was primarily based on, 1985’s “Wiseguy,” by Nicholas Pileggi, which focuses on Hill. Pileggi also co-wrote the movie’s screenplay with director Martin Scorsese.
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“When I acquired the role Marty took myself and Lorraine and Nick Pileggi, the author, and the casting agent to Rao’s in Harlem. And we sat and talked. I talked a large amount with Nick Pileggi, and he gave me the tapes that he utilised for interviewing Henry for the guide ‘Wiseguy,’” Liotta recalled.
“I would get my mother’s auto and hear to the cassette. I’d just listen to it in excess of and over and around once more.”
Liotta informed The Post that Scorsese did not want him to satisfy with Hill beforehand.
“I did not treatment one way or the other. I assume he was afraid [that] probably he’ll transform the tale or manipulate issues. We just took what was in the guide that Nick Pileggi wrote, and then Marty and Nick worked on the script. I know Bob was conversing to him, but I didn’t discuss to him at all, and I didn’t really feel the want to simply because of listening to the tapes that Nick gave me of Henry remaining interviewed for the reserve,” the actor explained, referring to Robert De Niro.
Liotta explained to The Write-up that he would bump into Hill with his brother every single now and then in Venice, California.
Hill, who died in June 2012, grew to become an FBI informant and testified towards his cohorts.
“There was very little in his tale that paralleled or intersected with my life,” Liotta mentioned about actively playing Hill. “I couldn’t relate to everything.”
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