Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese turned to a classic of the Italian neorealist genre to inspire the iconic fight scenes in 'Raging Bull'. Read more here.

“I guess Raging Bull“, he said, referring to the 1980 Jake LaMotta biopic directed by Scorsese, ”because of [putting on] the weight and all that.” De Niro was in his late thirties when he ...

Forty-five years since its release, Raging Bull remains one of the ... the role involved an extreme body transformation of gaining 60 lbs. Before filming, De Niro was considerably below the ...

“I read Jake LaMotta’s memoir, Raging Bull: My Story, when I was working on the film 1900 in Italy,” De Niro says, “and I told Marty [Scorsese] to read it. It had heart. It wasn’t a ...

The sequel will apparently be based on the book Raging Bull II by Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee and original inspiration Jake LaMotta. Robert De Niro will not return in the sequel however ...

Robert De Niro has opened up on the shocking lengths he went to to commit to his role in the hit 1980s movie, Raging Bull. The movie depicts the career of middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta ...

Why he’s great: One of the original transformation roles ... on a more spiritual level, in “Raging Bull” it’s arguably the least impressive part of De Niro’s work. He plays LaMotta ...

Robert De Niro gained a considerable amount of weight for his role in 1980 movie Raging Bull - and he's now opened on the extreme lengths he went to to do so Robert De Niro opens up on the lengths ...