Robert De Niro Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ

We didn't have a lot of time with him, but De Niro was kind enough to tell us the stories behind some of his biggest movies. Robert De Niro joins GQ as he revisits some of the most iconic characters from his career so far: from his leading role in Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle, to his portrayal of a young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.

“Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola had talked and he wanted me to come out to San Francisco to test with him… I was ready to do that,” De Niro recalls of his casting for The Godfather Part II. “Then they called and said ‘it’s okay, you don’t have to come, you have the part’—it was great!” Watch the full episode of GQ’s Iconic Characters as Robert De Niro breaks down his most iconic movie roles.

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00:00 - Robert De Niro’s Iconic Characters
00:20 - The Godfather Part II: Vito Corleone
03:09 - Mean Streets: “Johnny Boy” Civello
04:27 - Taxi Driver: Travis Bickle
07:18 - The King of Comedy: Rupert Pupkin
09:59 - Heat: Neil McCauley
12:20 - Raging Bull: Jake Lamotta
15:00 - Killers of the Flower Moon: William “Bill” Hale
17:31 - Goodfellas: James “Jimmy” Conway
19:22 - Meet The Parents: Jack Byrnes
21:43 - A Bronx Tale: Lorenzo Anello
23:43 - Zero Day: George Mullen