15 Ding-Dong Facts About The Making Of Martin Scorsese Movies
![15 Ding-Dong Facts About The Making Of Martin Scorsese Movies](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/9/827789_320x180.jpg)
Martin Scorsese is a household name known for his work in film. However, he didn't always want to be a filmmaker. Growing up, he wanted to be a priest. But when he saw Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon at the age of 15, he changed his mind and decided to become a director instead. Since then, Scorsese has directed some of the most iconic films in history, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Wolf of Wall Street. He's won countless awards, including five Golden Globes and two Academy Awards. And though his work can be controversial at times, there's no denying that Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
It's no secret that Martin Scorsese is one of the most accomplished and celebrated filmmakers in history. He has directed some of the most well-known and critically acclaimed movies of all time. But what many people don't know is the process behind how he makes his movies. In this post, we will take a look at some little-known facts about the making of Martin Scorsese's movies. So, without further ado, let's get started!
![Tony Danza trained Robert DeNiro for Raging Bull in 1979. ROSSMAN LOPEz STANTIN y MADISON CAROBN MO 16 MAGAANE That was just before he retired from boxing -- later that year, he focused completely on acting. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/2/772982.jpg)
Source: VICE
![Joe Pesci broke the same rib on two Martin Scorsese movies. He first broke it on Raging Bull, when Robert De Niro beat the hell out of him, and about 15 years later on Casino when several 275-pound heifers fell on him. CRACKEDGOM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/0/772980.jpg)
Source: LATimes
![Grauman's Chinese Theatre in The Aviator is one foot larger than the real-life version. E L 5 5 My megalomania explained production designer Dante Ferretti. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/1/772981.jpg)
Source: Architectural Digest
![The Senate speech in The Aviator is pretty much what Howard Hughes said. He really did say if the Spruce Goose didn't fly, he would leave the country and never come back again, according to Martin Scorsese. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/9/772979.jpg)
Source: Roger Ebert
![Leonardo DiCaprio's OCD got worse from making The Aviator. He let his own mild OCD get worse to play the part, said Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, a psychiatry professor who consulted on the movie. By playing Hughes and giving into his own compulsions, Leo induced a more severe form of OCD](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/7/772977.jpg)
Source: WND
![Martin Scorsese got the idea for Gangs of New York in 1970. That year, he found a book called Gangs of New York in a library it was a 1927 book with -detailed descriptions of 19th century gangs with names like the Plug Uglies, the Short Tails and the Dead](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/8/772978.jpg)
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
![Daniel Day-Lewis got pneumonia while shooting Gangs of New York. Why? He had insisted on wearing a ch-century coat on set that didn't really protect him from the cold. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/4/772974.jpg)
Source: The Independent
![The WTC appearing at the end of Gangs of New York was super controversial. They had shot the movie well before 9/11, and originally it was designed as one of those quintessential views of New York, but after September 11 some worried that the sequence might take on an entirely](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/6/772976.jpg)
Source: The ASC
![The real-life Henry Hill from Goodfellas got kicked out of the witness protection program. It happened after they got arrested multiple times on drug charges. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/1/772971.jpg)
Source: ABC
![The three-minute tracking shot in Goodfellas kept getting messed up at the end. It ends with Henny Youngman saying take my wife, which he'd said in his real-life act thousands of times- but he kept messing it up for that take, and they had to do it over five times](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/8/772968.jpg)
Source: Moviemaker
![27 actors appeared in both Goodfellas and The Sopranos. Caso as Scorsese One of them, Antony Casoc- who played a truck hijacker in Goodfellas played Martin Scorsese himself in The Sopranos. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/3/772973.jpg)
Source: The Independent
![Travis' apartment in Taxi Driver was built in a condemned building. The place was so rough, they had to hire a gang so other gangs wouldn't bother. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/0/772970.jpg)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
![Robert DeNiro's mohawk in Taxi Driver was inspired by a special forces soldier. Martin Scorsese had a friend who was in special forces, and a few members of his outfit had mohawks-- so they gave Travis Bickle a mohawk.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/2/772972.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![Harvey Keitel worked with an actual former pimp to prepare for Taxi Driver. He spent a couple of weeks with him, and learned what it was like to play the role of the pimp. I played the girl, he taught me what the pimp would do... We had a good](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/9/772969.jpg)
Source: The Guardian
![Raging Bull is black and white because De Niro's gloves were the wrong shade of red. When they filmed De Niro training in the ring, they realized his gloves were a shade of red that's too bright for the '40s setting. Plus, Scorsese thought the movie would never fade in](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/5/772975.jpg)
Source: Cinephilia&Beyond