'As he changes in life, he's changing on film,' the director told ET.
"He has range. He keeps growing. He also has a lot of courage," Scorsese told ET."I know he'll go to places that other people might pull back from... I've been working with him over the years he's been growing as a person. He's maturing from a young kid to a young man. As he changes in life, he's changing on film."
The 1920s-set crime drama, which recounts the serial killings of the Osage Nation after oil was discovered on their tribal land, also stars Robert DeNiro, with whom Scorsese has now worked 10 times."Just hanging around together on the set," Scorsese said, is one of the perks of working with his longtime pal.
"For him to take on a character like this, there are friends of mine who saw the film and have known Bob for years... they told me after seeing the film that for the first half hour and 40 minutes they didn't realize it was Bob. And they know him!" Scorsese said with a laugh."It's hysterical. I said, 'You must be joking.' No! They thought it was somebody [else]."at the festival.
"I'm very excited about how the film plays tonight and how the word spreads before the picture opens," he said."I really want [people] to see it on a big screen in a theater if you can."Updates on Celebrity News, TV, Fashion and More!
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