‘She did her little thing’: Why this actress burst out laughing in front of Robert De Niro

In the category of legendary comedy confrontations, there is one that is impossible to forget: Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in the saga “My Stepfather and Me”. An irresistible “confrontation,” one of its greatest features is the Goodfellas star’s brilliantly counterproductive performance.

at the Tribeca Film Festival, incl Robert De Niro is one of the founders of Ben Stiller He recalled his first scene with the actor on the set Me and my stepfather (the sequence of which was censored by the CIA). A remarkable moment after he literally laughed in the face of the legendary Bob due to the latter’s famous facial tic!

“The first scene I shot Robert De Niro In Me and my stepfatherIt was the scene where our two characters first met, and he did something…“, you said Ben Stiller In The comments were reported by Deadline.

“That’s the last thing in the world I wanted to do in front of De Niro”

“I was very nervous and he did his little thing De Niro“Stiller continues, pointing to an expression on Tick that everyone has probably tried to repeat one day. “Then I burst into laughter in his face, which was the last thing in the world I wanted to do in front of him. Robert De Niro By shooting a scene with him. But it has this effect on people because it is Robert De Niro.”

In 2001, it was released in cinemas, a comedy Me and my stepfather tells the story of Greg Focker (Ben Stiller), a modest nurse who has been living with Pam for two months and dreams of forming their union. Delighted by his proposal, the young woman insists on strict adherence to bourgeois rules: Greg will have to come to an agreement with his father, Jack.Robert De Niro), a former CIA agent. Cold, tense, possessive and paranoid, the latter is determined not to “give up” his beloved daughter to anyone.

A huge public success in French cinemas with more than 1.8 million viewers, Me and my stepfather It had two sequels, My Stepfather, My Parents and Me and My Stepfather and Us, released in 2004 and 2010 respectively.

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