Robert De Niro Asked Sebastian Maniscalco’s Dad for Advice While Filming ‘About My Father’
usmagazine.comParent chat! Robert De Niro asked Sebastian Maniscalco‘s dad for tips before playing him in the upcoming movie About My Father.The comedian, 49, said that his dad, Salvo, didn’t totally believe the Oscar winner, 79, would be taking on the role until he got a phone call from the man himself. “Robert called my father and said, ‘I’d like you to come to Oklahoma where I’m filming a movie, because I want you to help me and analyze this script and maybe teach me some Italian and how you behave,'” Maniscalco exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the film’s release. “Then I think my dad started to really sense that this was actually happening.”The Heat actor stars as a fictionalized version of Salvatore in About My Father, in which Maniscalco plays himself.
The comedy follows the Chicago native as he attempts to tell his traditional-minded father about his plans to propose to his girlfriend, Ellie (Leslie Bibb).In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe stand-up comic had previously met De Niro when they starred in 2019’s The Irishman, but that didn’t make his involvement in the movie a sure thing.
The Godfather Part II actor joined the project after a producer sent him the script.“It’s not like I had Robert De Niro’s number,” Maniscalco quipped. “He enjoyed [the screenplay], and next thing you know, we were in Alabama shooting it.
I think we wrote it about six or seven years ago, and here we are talking about a movie [where] my father’s being played by Robert De Niro.
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