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In order to prepare for the role of "noodles" in the film, Robert De Niro requested a private interview with the elder Meyer Lansky, who was the prototype of the film. Unfortunately, this request was rejected.
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During the filming, Robert De Niro suggested that James Wood should have glamorous clothes and bright teeth, but the producer was worried about the budget overruns, and in the end De Niro paid for the expenses.
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When Robert De Niro played "Noodles" while watching TV, the program interviewed a man named James Conway O'Donnell. In Robert De Niro's 1990 movie Goodfellas, De Niro's character was named James Conway.
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Jennifer Connelly plays the role of young Debra in the film. Jennifer was only 13 years old when she starred in this movie, and this movie was her big screen debut.
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Robert De Niro was already talking about the collaboration of this film when he was filming "The Godfather 2". After deciding on De Niro's role, De Niro almost became half of the "casting director", and most of the film's subsequent selection of actors also referred to De Niro's opinions .
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Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson both received invitations to play roles in the film, but they both refused to play .
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In order to shoot pictures with texture, director Sergio Leone referred to the works of a large number of painters. Artists born in the nineteenth century, such as Reginald Marsh, Edward Hope, and Norman Rockwell, became his imitators.
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In the film, you can see the scene of the five brothers walking beside the Manhattan Bridge in New York, and this scene is also used in the poster design.
Once Upon a Time in America behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
Once Upon a Time in America quotes
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Carol: Max made fools of us, Noodles! He wanted to die! Did you know his old man died in the nuthouse? Max didn't want to end up the same way, so he put the idea in our heads to tip off the cops. And when they stopped the truck, Max started shooting first... just to get himself killed!
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Noodles: Well, at least you recognized me. That's something.
Deborah Gelly: [sardonic] Actresses have good memories.