The screenwriter of “Taxi Driver” is not too happy with Robert De Niro.
De Niro starred as Bickle in the controversial movie, a loner who takes up a job as a New York City taxi driver.
It was reported — falsely, apparently — that De Niro would replicate his unforgettable line in the movie: “You talkin’ to me?”at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards in 1976, as well as “Best Actor” at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. The film also won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976.
The actor scored an Oscar nomination in 1977 for “Best Actor in a Leading Role” — which he lost to Peter Finch for his work in the 1976 comedy, “Network.” “He’s going to be Travis Bickle, saying some phrases and playing up to it,” an unnamed source alleged to The Sun about the ads.Getty Images for Tribeca Festival, De Niro admitted that he was curious about where his character, Travis, would be at the time.“There was something about the guy – all that rage and alienation, that’s what the city can do to you. I mean Marty and I are from New York, and even we can feel alienated.
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