Variety spoke to Robert De Niro, as the actor preps opening night of his Tribeca Film Festival.
There are few interesting details revealed here. Firstly, he says that he has been toying with an idea for years that involves Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, so it might be possible that we get to see the three of them teaming up again for a movie.
He also comments about Scorsese’s upcoming Jesus movie. Yes, it’s actually happening. I doubt it’ll be a replicate of “The Last Temptation of Christ,” but it is said to be about Jesus.
“I don’t know who I’d play. He might — if he asked me, at the end of the day, I don’t know,” De Niro said, adding, “I don’t know what would happen. He [Scorsese] knows, he’ll think of something for me that I would do.”
It looks as though De Niro is more keen than ever in working with Scorsese. Their partnership took a long break between 1995’s “Casino” and 2019’s “The Irishman.”
De Niro is pretty incredible in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” He deserves all the accolades he’s going to be getting for this performance which is both frightening and hilarious in its subdued intensity.
Scorsese now has four movies currently in development; a Jerry Garcia biopic starring Jonah Hill, a Teddy Roosevelt biopic, an adaptation of David Grann’s “The Wager” and this Jesus film.