Robert De Niro Attends 'Alto Knights' Premiere in London & Talks Playing Two Roles in New Movie
justjared.comRobert De Niro and Debra Messing celebrate the release of their new movie, The Alto Knights!
The 81-year-old actor and the 56-year-old actress appeared together in London on the red carpet during the European premiere of the film on Thursday (March 13). Keep reading to find out more… The Alto Nights tells the story of “a pair of Italian Americans running two separate crime families during the mid-20th century.
Genovese tried and failed to assassinate Costello in 1957, with the latter taking his leave from the mob after being injured during the attempt on his life,” according to Deadline. Robert plays two characters in the film, Vito Genovese and Frank Costello.
At the premiere, he talked about what it was like to juggle both of the roles. “The idea of me playing both parts came up when we were talking about who could play the other part, the Vito part, and I thought about it, I said, okay for a couple of days, let me try it.
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