11061995 t1_ixyo96n wrote on November 27, 2022 at 12:24 PM

Reply to comment by CrasVox in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

Dinero is too subtle and intellectual for Capone. Hoskins had the just-under-the-surface threat of explosive ignorant violence that would have elevated his Capone.

terekkincaid t1_ixyrl4i wrote on November 27, 2022 at 1:03 PM

No, he just phoned in what I consider to be one of (if not the) shittiest performances of his career. Everyone else killed it in that movie and Di Niro acted like some Dick Tracey cartoon character. Just awful.