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De Niro’s requests and salary; Ness research; fictional action; Naked Gun parody

In the discussion (4)
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  • De Niro reportedly requested an additional scene and time to finish Cuba and His Teddy Bear, wanted to gain weight, and earned $1.5 million for eighteen days according to Premiere.
  • Costner reportedly consulted former agent Al “Wallpaper” Wolff about Ness; the nickname draws amusement.
  • The Canadian action, courthouse and railway shootouts, and Ness killing Nitti are identified as fictional; the discussion says Nitti died by suicide and Ness’s unit had little role in the tax conviction.
  • The railway sequence’s Naked Gun 3 parody is recalled.