{"id":401846,"date":"2022-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T21:00:00","slug":"how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"#How method acting shaped the boldest actors of the 20th century"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d877a5d144\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d877a5d144\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/#Marlon_Brando_unnerved_his_co-stars\" >Marlon Brando unnerved his co-stars<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/#James_Dean_was_notoriously_thin-skinned\" >James Dean was notoriously thin-skinned<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/#Marilyn_Monroe_hated_playing_%E2%80%98the_girl\" >Marilyn Monroe hated playing \u2018the girl\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/#Dustin_Hoffman_found_%E2%80%98The_Graduate_humiliating\" >Dustin Hoffman found \u2018The Graduate\u2019 humiliating<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/#Al_Pacino_fought_to_have_his_acting_teacher_cast_in_%E2%80%98The_Godfather\" >Al Pacino fought to have his acting teacher cast in \u2018The Godfather\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-method-acting-shaped-the-boldest-actors-of-the-20th-century\/#Robert_De_Niro_frequently_insulted_his_co-stars\" >Robert De Niro frequently insulted his co-stars<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How method acting shaped the boldest actors of the 20th century<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>What do Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Robert De Niro have in common, besides being some of the most celebrated American film stars of all time?<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re all disciples of the Method \u2014 the naturalistic acting style that originated in Russia and took root in New York City in the late 1940s with the founding of the now-legendary Actors Studio, which touted the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach in its courses.<\/p>\n<p>In his new book \u201cThe Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act\u201d (out Feb. 1), theater historian Isaac Butler reveals how the Actors Studio, under the direction of the acclaimed late acting teacher Lee Strasberg, went on to shape the modern world\u2019s most influential performers.<\/p>\n<p>Butler told The Post that despite what \u201cmethod acting\u201d has come to signify in pop culture \u2014 transforming yourself for a role, \u00e0 la <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decider.com\/2020\/02\/17\/presidents-day-movie-on-netflix-lincoln\/?_ga=2.193176559.330384085.1643385558-990427270.1643385558\">Daniel Day Lewis<\/a> or Jared Leto, and living as that character for months or even years \u2014 it\u2019s actually something entirely different. The Method, he said, \u201cwas driven by delving into the self, into your psychology and your emotions, and using that to build a bridge to the character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, it has yielded some pretty intense performances, including Dustin Hoffman\u2019s in \u201cThe Graduate\u201d and Al Pacino\u2019s in \u201cThe Godfather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read on for wild tales from the Method\u2019s most famous followers.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Marlon_Brando_unnerved_his_co-stars\"><\/span><strong>Marlon Brando unnerved his co-stars<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/marlon-brando-Jessica-Tandy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy (left) and Kim Hunter (right) in the stage version of Tennessee Williams' &quot;A Streetcar Named Desire.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21009836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/marlon-brando-Jessica-Tandy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/marlon-brando-Jessica-Tandy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/marlon-brando-Jessica-Tandy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy (center) and Kim Hunter (right) in the stage version of Tennessee Williams\u2019 \u201cA Streetcar Named Desire.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bettmann Archive<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eccentric <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/11\/03\/coppola-made-brando-an-offer-he-shouldnt-have-refused-report\/?_ga=2.193046383.330384085.1643385558-990427270.1643385558\">Brando brought<\/a> \u201cunbelievable natural talent and genius\u201d to his roles, Butler said \u2014\u00a0but that didn\u2019t mean everybody liked working with him. His acting style \u2014 filled with luxuriant pauses and unpredictable, improvised flourishes \u2014\u00a0was downright infuriating to some of his co-stars. Take Jessica Tandy, who appeared opposite Brando on Broadway in a 1947 production of \u201cA Streetcar Named Desire.\u201d Tandy, a classically trained English actress cast as Southern belle Blanche, was horrified by what she perceived as Brando\u2019s on-stage indulgences. Butler, describing the two actors\u2019 fundamentally differing outlooks in his book, wrote how \u201cBrando refused to abide by one of the basic demands of professionalism in theater \u2026 that you must freeze your performance so that it remains close to identical night after night.\u201d Brando would instead impulsively change up the rhythm of the dialogue, even altering its emotional cadences from\u00a0one evening to the next, causing a frustrated Tandy to call her handsome, scene-stealing colleague \u201can impossible, psychopathic bastard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, when it came time to cast the film version of \u201cStreetcar,\u201d Brando was kept on as Stanley Kowalski while Tandy was replaced by Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him a Best Actor nomination at the 1952 Oscars; he would go on to win in that category just two years later for his lead role in \u201cOn the Waterfront.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"James_Dean_was_notoriously_thin-skinned\"><\/span><strong>James Dean was notoriously thin-skinned<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rebel-without-a-cause.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Natalie Wood (third from left, neckerchief), James Dean (right), 1955's &quot;Rebel Without a Cause.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21009882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rebel-without-a-cause.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rebel-without-a-cause.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rebel-without-a-cause.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Natalie Wood (left) with James Dean (right) in 1955\u2019s \u201cRebel Without a Cause.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s \u201cshocking how gorgeous he was,\u201d Butler said of Dean \u2014 which seemed to be his major selling point as an actor. Regarding his performances, Actors Studio founder and famed director Elia Kazan said that \u201c\u2018he could either get it brilliantly right on the first take, or he couldn\u2019t do it at all,\u2019\u201d as quoted in Butler\u2019s book. Dean joined the Actors Studio to improve his craft, but he was so terribly sensitive that he only performed for Strasberg once. \u201cStrasberg was famously brutal and blunt in his criticisms,\u201d Butler said, \u201cand James Dean was very famously insecure and shy and vulnerable and neurotic, it was like throwing a bucket of water on a cat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/02\/27\/james-deans-iconic-rebel-without-a-cause-jacket-up-for-auction\/?_ga=2.264866765.330384085.1643385558-990427270.1643385558\">troubled \u201cRebel Without a Cause\u201d star<\/a> wanted to mold himself after Brando, and pursued his slightly older idol for friendship and advice. But Brando wasn\u2019t having it. \u201cMarlon Brando put him off and recommended he see an analyst,\u201d Butler said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Marilyn_Monroe_hated_playing_%E2%80%98the_girl\"><\/span><strong>Marilyn Monroe hated playing \u2018the girl\u2019<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gentleman-prefer-blondes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Marilyn Monroe in 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.\" class=\"wp-image-21009919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gentleman-prefer-blondes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gentleman-prefer-blondes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gentleman-prefer-blondes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gentleman-prefer-blondes.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Marilyn Monroe in 1953\u2019s \u201cGentlemen Prefer Blondes.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">20th Century Fox Licensing\/Merch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monroe was already a movie star when she took up classes at the Actors Studio, having dazzled on-screen in hits such as \u201cGentlemen Prefer Blondes,\u201d \u201cNiagara\u201d and \u201cThe Seven-Year Itch.\u201d But Monroe \u2014\u00a0who captivated 1950s audiences with her breathy voice and hourglass curves \u2014 yearned to be seen as something more than ditzy eye candy. \u201cShe didn\u2019t want to be a sex symbol,\u201d Butler wrote. \u201cShe wanted to be a serious actress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To that end, she forged close friendships with Lee Strasberg and his actress wife Paula, both of who encouraged her to dig deeper in her roles. But, according to Butler, not everyone was impressed with Monroe\u2019s artistic aspirations. She had had a rough childhood, was apparently all too familiar with Hollywood\u2019s casting couches and struggled with addiction. Michael Kahn, a director who studied under Strasberg, summed up the entertainment industry\u2019s collective thoughts on Monroe studying the Method: \u201cYou had to go to the darkest places of yourself to act [with Strasberg] \u2026 she had enough bad things to think about. Every time she had to act she had to think about how many b \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 jobs she gave.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dustin_Hoffman_found_%E2%80%98The_Graduate_humiliating\"><\/span><strong>Dustin Hoffman found \u2018The Graduate\u2019 humiliating<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-graduate-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in 1967's The Graduate.\" class=\"wp-image-21009957\" width=\"619\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-graduate-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1238w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-graduate-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=927 928w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-graduate-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=619 619w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-graduate-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-graduate-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\"\/><figcaption>Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in 1967\u2019s \u201cThe Graduate.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Method devotee Hoffman had already hit 30 when he auditioned for the role that would transform him from a quirky stage actor to a leading man of the silver screen. But the transition came with growing pains. When Hoffman \u2014 who lived in New York \u2014\u00a0arrived in LA to try out for the part of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock in \u201cThe Graduate,\u201d he was im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely overcome with self-doubt. The feeling worsened when he sat down in the makeup chair to prepare for his screen test. \u201c[Director Mike] Nichols walked in, flummoxed at the challenge of making the actor\u2019s face more appealing for the camera,\u201d Butler wrote of the incident in his book. \u201cCould they do something about his unibrow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given his ordinary appearance, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decider.com\/2017\/12\/22\/the-graduate-at-50-does-it-hold-up\/?_ga=2.238117570.330384085.1643385558-990427270.1643385558\">Hoffman was shocked when he landed the role<\/a>. But, on set, Nichols \u2014 who understood the mechanics of Method acting himself, and had paired Hoffman with fellow Strasberg acolyte Anne Bancroft \u2014 used Hoffman\u2019s obvious insecurities as a way to coax out a convincing performance. Just before shooting Braddock\u2019s infamous seduction by Bancroft\u2019s Mrs. Robinson, Nichols asked Hoffman to recount his earliest sexual experiences. \u201cHoffman told him a story of trying to feel up a ninth grade girl when he was in the seventh grade,\u201d Butler wrote. \u201cThe story, of course, ended in humiliation\u201d \u2014 a reaction invoking Hoffman\u2019s character\u2019s discomfort in the scene.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Al_Pacino_fought_to_have_his_acting_teacher_cast_in_%E2%80%98The_Godfather\"><\/span><strong>Al Pacino fought to have his acting teacher cast in \u2018The Godfather\u2019<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-godfather-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lee Strasberg and Al Pacino in 1974.\" class=\"wp-image-21010346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-godfather-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-godfather-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-godfather-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lee Strasberg and Al Pacino in 1974.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pacino studied under Strasberg at the Actors Studio, wowing his teacher and peers with intense, intuitive performances. He landed the role of Michael Corleone in \u201cThe Godfather,\u201d but it wasn\u2019t easy. Director Francis Ford Coppola had to go to bat for Pacino against studio execs at Paramount, who worried that Pacino lacked leading-man good looks and the kind of obvious, sparkle-eyed charisma that won over audiences.<\/p>\n<p>But they were wrong, and when it came time to cast \u201cThe Godfather Part II,\u201d Pacino had clout. He used it to persuade Coppola to cast Lee Strasberg in the part of Jewish gangster Hyman Roth. At first, both Coppola and Strasberg \u2014 who was by then in his 70s and hadn\u2019t acted professionally since the 1920s \u2014 resisted the idea. But Pacino wouldn\u2019t back down, and the casting turned out to be brilliant. As described by Butler: \u201cEven in scenes where they plot to kill each other, their interactions were so warm, so like a father and his son, that Michael\u2019s hurt at Roth\u2019s betrayal felt all the more vivid.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Robert_De_Niro_frequently_insulted_his_co-stars\"><\/span><strong>Robert De Niro frequently insulted his co-stars<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-king-of-comedy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis in 1982's The King of Comedy.\" class=\"wp-image-21010792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-king-of-comedy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-king-of-comedy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/the-king-of-comedy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis in 1982\u2019s \u201cThe King of Comedy.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Niro had an unconventional acting style, even among Method-heads, and his scene partners just had to roll with it. For instance, during the filming of an argument with Joe Pesci\u2019s character in<em> <\/em>\u201cRaging Bull,\u201d De Niro continued provoking Pesci between takes to keep him riled up. Jerry Lewis, who starred alongside De Niro in 1982\u2019s \u201cThe King of Comedy,\u201d described working with the actor as \u201cmak[ing] a deal with the devil,\u201d claiming that De Niro battered him with anti-Semitic slurs to prepare for scenes in which Lewis, playing a talk show host, was supposed to get angry at De Niro\u2019s obsessive-fan character.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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