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Ben Stiller & David O. Russell Exchange On-Set “‘Raging Bull’-Level” & “De Niro-ism” Stories At Tribeca Film Festival
David O. Russell and Ben Stiller share stories about working with Robert De Niro respectively on 'Silver Linings Playbook' & 'Meet the Parents'.
Silver Linings Playbook follows Pat Solatano who is trying to get his life back together after time in a mental institution, his ultimate goal to reunite with his wife. He winds up living with his parents (De Niro, Jacki Weaver), however, he meets Tiffany, who offers to help him reconnect with his wife, if he will do something very important for her in exchange. Cooper, who had just lost his father at the time, gravitated toward the material and found an on-set dad in De Niro, while Lawrence, who had not even broken out in Hunger Games yet wowed in raw and intense taped audition.
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