On Monday, Robert De Niro Zoomed into The Tonight Show, where he was grilled by Jimmy Fallon, regarding a number of interesting “myths” that surround his career.During the two-time Oscar winner’s appearance, Fallon made sure to ask about a rumor that he had once been cast as Josh—the character eventually played by Tom Hanks—in Penny Marshall’s 1988 comedy, Big.“Yes,” De Niro said, this is true. “But we had a thing, an issue with the negotiations, so it went the way it went.
But that was fine.”As you might recall, Big centers on Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish to be “big,” and learns to be careful what he wishes for, when he is transformed into an adult overnight.
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