Robert de Niro Finally headed for why he did not attend his first OSCAR win.
“I didn’t think too much,” Niro, 81, admitted to the episode of March 11 Night at night with Seth Meyers.
De Niro received his first prize at the Academy for Best Support Actor to perform Don Vito Corleone in 1974 The godfather Part II. During his interview with host of the night Seth MeyersHe revealed that the reason he did not attend was because he was busy filming a movie in Italy. In fact, he did not even know that he had won the Oscar until the next morning.
“I Was Foing (1976 Historical Drama) 1900 with (director) Bernardo Bertolucci In northern Italy. There is nine hours later, so I received a call in the early morning that had won the Academy Award, “he recalled.
Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro were not always impressed with the improvisation options of Leonardo DiCaprio as they filmed killers of the flower moon. “From time to time, Bob and I would look and roll our eyes a little. And we would say (Leo), “You do not need this dialog”, “Scorsese, 80, told the Wall Street Journal (…)
When Meyers asked, if Niro considered watching the Oscars on television, he admitted: “I don’t know, in those days, if you could see (in other countries) … I didn’t think it won.”
De Niro recalled having a very brief and casual phone call with someone in the United States where he thanked the person who informed him of the time he defines the race. He was the only candidate for the Oscar Night actor when Ryan O’Neal and her daughter Tatum O’Neal announced the winner of the category.
The godfather Part II director Francis Ford Coppola – Who won the best director and the best image that night – was called on stage to accept the prize in the name of Niro.
Robert de Niro during an interview with Seth Meyers during “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on March 11, 2025.
Lloyd Bishop/NBC“I think this is a very well -deserved prize,” Coppola told spectators. “I think Robert de Niro is an extraordinary actor and will enrich the films made in the coming years.”
De Niro won his second Oscar six years later, this time to best actor, in recognition of playing boxer low Jake Lamotta By director Martin ScorseseThe 1980 sports drama Boil raging. De Niro attended Oscarscar’s night at Personally accept the trophy For the second time.
“I want to thank my mother and father for having -me, and my grandfather and grandmother for having them,” he joked, before stating, “I love everyone!”
De Niro has received nine Oscar Total Nominations throughout his acclaimed career, recently obtained a better support actor by 2024 to portray Oklahoma crime head William King Hale in Killers of the Flower Moon.
Anywhere else, the actor recently offered a back -to -back on the scenes another of his classic rolesWhen he confirmed Live with Kelly and Mark In February its unforgettable “Do you bring me to me?” scene Taxi driver was partially improvised.
“Some of the best things, not always, are when they are improvised,” he revealed to the interview.
There have been notable cases of Hollywood scoring stars The Academy of Arts and Sciences of the Motiona (AMPAs) in the Oscars, especially Marlon Brando By sending an American native activist Sacheen LittleFeather to deliver a protest statement on his behalf when he won the best actor for The godfather In 1973.
