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Watch Trailer for “The Comedian” Where Robert DeNiro Plays a Slightly Less Crazy Comedian Than Rupert Pupkin

November 22, 2016

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In 1983, Robert DeNiro took on one of his noted roles as a mentally unstable “comedian” that takes a talk show host hostage in The King of Comedy.

Next year, DeNiro will star as a slightly more (but not too much more) normal comedian in simply titled The Comedian that forces himself to make a comeback after several falls from grace. Also, the one and only Jeff Ross was hired to write actual jokes for DeNiro’s character Jackie that are used throughout the film. Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Patti LuPone, and Harvey Keitel make for a pretty dazzling supporting cast as well.

Watch the trailer here, then look for it in theaters on January 13th.

Stephen Colbert Figures Out How to Interview Robert De Niro in Late Night

December 20, 2015

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Avid watchers of late night know that celebrated actor Robert De Niro can make for one of the toughest interviews on a late night talk show. De Niro tends to be extremely reserved and short, if not monosyllabic, in his answers, proving a challenge for any and all late night hosts trying to make a conversation worthy of a national audience.

When Jimmy Fallon first took on Late Night, De Niro was one of Fallon’s first guests, which was supposed to be a spectacle of sorts with Jimmy’s feverish energy juxtaposed next to Robert’s unwavering stoicism. The result was not the spectacle that NBC was hoping for. Still, that was all before Fallon opted towards all the classic games, lip sync battles, etc. he now does on The Tonight Show that are so popular.

Stephen Colbert never shies away from a challenge and used every trick he could think of to take what started off as a dry chat at the start, but turned into a pretty fun ride on The Late Show that even got De Niro laughing.

This is just more proof, we think, that it’s a good thing that Colbert is at the helm at The Late Show.