Robert De Niro Meryl Streep John Cazale

With robert de niro christopher walken john cazale john savage.

Robert de niro meryl streep john cazale. Meryl streep pays tribute to her friend and co star robert de niro at the 32nd kennedy center honors 2009 ceremony dec. An in depth examination of the ways in which the u s. With streep came john cazale. But the film was the deer hunter and cazale had the chance to star opposite robert de niro in one of the few films to then grapple with the vietnam.

And the cast and crew pitched in too trying to make things easier for the couple. Vietnam war impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in pennsylvania. This he knew and everyone knew would not do. Meryl streep in 1970.

De niro also accompanied cimino to scout locations for the steel mill sequence as well as rehearsed with the actors to use the workshops as a bonding process. He had been born in the most northern eastern corner of massachusetts. The iconic 1978 film starring robert de niro christopher walken meryl streep and john savage was set to be filmed without their co star john cazale. The film s makers including director michael cimino pushed to cast cazale for the part.

While there were many good things about the movie there were also some problem areas as well. On set meanwhile streep frantically looked after her partner. Hiring de niro turned out to be a casting coup because he knew so many actors in new york. And according to streep robert de niro the movie s star paid for her boyfriend s insurance costs.

John cazale and meryl streep in 1978. Robert de niro and al pacino revered him. Directed by michael cimino. While cazale had to immediately quit the play meryl the consummate professional who was starring in the musical happy end showed no sign of anxiety or grief.

The deer hunter was an epic war drama whose central theme was the us vietnam war. The academy award winning movie featured a power packed cast including robert de niro meryl streep john cazale christopher walken among others. John cazale robert de niro and john savage in the deer hunter. John cazale meryl streep and robert de niro in the deer hunter.

De niro brought meryl streep to the attention of cimino and deeley. But to the plot first. W here did it come from. Photo via getty a little more than a decade prior actor john cazale made the same move.

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