36 Random Bits of Martin Scorsese Trivia That, As Far Back As They Can Remember, Always Wanted to Be A Gangster

By writing these, can we start telling people that we worked with Marty?
36 Random Bits of Martin Scorsese Trivia That, As Far Back As They Can Remember, Always Wanted to Be A Gangster

We’d do anything to work with Martin Scorsese. We’d go the Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street route and only take $60,000 to write this list with him. Sixty grand for one list would be quite the pay cut, but that’s the sacrifice we’d make to be able to tell everyone that we got to “work with Marty.” 

That’s how Leo says it, right?

Nicholas Pileggi

The book's author wouldn't take Scorsese's calls at first. Nicholas Pileggi thought it was a joke. Scorsese had to reach him through Pileggi's wife, director Nora Ephron. Are you crazy? Ephron said to him. Marty Scorsese's trying to reach you, and you won't call him back!

Source: Complex

The Wolf of Wall Street

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS STEVEN SPIELBERG HELPED DIRECT DICAPRIO'S ICONIC SPEECH. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Scorsese says that on the day he was shooting the Steve Madden speech, Spielberg came to the set to say hello. Не decided to stay for the whole day and gave suggestions on different camera angles and directing methods. CRACKED.COM

Sgt. Dignam

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS MARK WAHLBERG WASN'T THE FIRST CHOICE. THE DEPARTED Before hiring Wahlberg, Scorsese sought out Ray Liotta and Denis Leary for the role of Sergeant Dignam but both had to turn him down due to scheduling conflicts. CRACKED.COM

Jon Bernthal

36 Random Bits of Martin Scorsese Trivia That, As Far Back As They Can Remember, Always Wanted to Be A Gangster

The Great Train Robbery

The final shot is a tribute to an old-timey movie. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes Tommy DeVito shooting at the camera is a shout-out to 1903's The Great Train Robbery- an acknowledgement that Goodfellas comes from a long tradition of outlaw movies. CRACKED.COM

Goodfellas

A lot of the dialogue was improvised. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes Scorsese gives actors a lot of freedom to ad-lib, so the dialogue sounds as natural as possible. In the scene where Tommy DeVito kills Spider, the only line actually in the script is Spider's f-you to Tommy. CRACKED.COM

His Golden Rule

Martin Scorsese is a visual master, CRACKEDC but it's his use of music that sets him apart. His choice of music reflects his characters and settings.

After Hours

After Hours (1985) is a weirdly hilarious film about a yuppie's night out that descends into a total nightmare. It is one of director Martin Scorsese'

Jonah Hill

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JONAH HILL TOOK A MASSIVE PAY CUT. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Hill was so desperate to be in one of Scorsese's films that he offered to be in it for $60,000-a Screen Actors Guild minimum. CRACKED.COM

Frank Costello

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JACK NICHOLSON REJECTED THE ROLE AT FIRST. THE DEPARTED Nicholson initially turned down the role of Frank Costello because he felt the role was too small. Не signed on after Scorsese decided to expand the role. CRACKED.COM

Ray Liotta

The producer didn't want Ray Liotta. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes Scorsese was dead set on Liotta, but producer Irwin Winkler kept pushing him towards hiring someone with more star power. Liotta was able to pitch himself to Winkler during a chance meeting in a restaurant, winning him over. CRACKED.COM

The Departed Sequel

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS A SEQUEL WAS IN DEVELOPMENT. THE DEPARTED In 2016, producer Roy Lee revealed that a sequel was in development at one point and that the idea was to bring back characters that died in the original. The project fell through because it was too expensive and Scorsese wasn't interested in directing. CRACKED.COM

The Copacabana

36 Random Bits of Martin Scorsese Trivia That, As Far Back As They Can Remember, Always Wanted to Be A Gangster

His Fear

MARTIN SCoRsese HAS An IRRATIONAL FEAR OF THE number 11. 7110 11 111 In HIS YOUTH, He FELT THAT STRANGE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN REVOLVING AROUND THAT NUmB

Jack Nicholson

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JACK NICHOLSON WASN'T SUPPOSED TO PULL OUT A GUN. THE DEPARTED According to Scorsese, Nicholson didn't tell anyone he was gonna pull a gun out in the iconic I smell a rat scene. DiCaprio's surprised reaction in the film is genuine and he regards the scene as one of the most memorable moments of his life. CRACKED.COM

Goodfellas

Scorsese himself would tie Ray Liotta's tie every day. He was insistent that it had to be done in a very specific way.

Source: GQ

Taxi Driver’s X Rating

To get the extremely bloody and violent film TAXI DRIVER into receiving an R rating instead of X, director Martin Scorsese desaturated the film. This

Eyebrows

Martin Scorsese hates it when actors emphasize something by moving their eyebrows. He does not allow eyebrow movement

Source: BBC

Martin Scorsese

Serious actors and directors doing comedy Martin Scorsese directing The Wolf of Wall Street Scorsese's failed foray into comedy was 1985's After Hours. The King of Comedy, of course, is a classic, but that was all the way back in 1982. In 2013, however, he returned to the genre with the goofy, ridiculous, and hyperkinetic The Wolf of Wall Street, a depressingly funny movie about corporate greed that even succeeds in getting into haha-funny territory. CRACKED.COM

His Mom

Martin Scorsese put his mom in Goodfellas. She played the mom of Joe Pesci's character. Mrs. Scorsese also made the spaghetti and meatballs served in

Schindler’s List

Steven Spielberg wanted Martin Scorsese to direct SCHINDLERSI LIST Spielberg offered the Holocaust movie to his friend, Scorsese, after ten years of h

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