Behind the legendary director’s decades-long battle to make his best-reviewed movie ever.

Look at [Hoffa’s] face!

He went to jail.They’renot in jail.Hewent.

The Irishman

Perhaps Pesci was really only asked seven or 35 times.

What’s certain is De Niro repeatedly pushed to get him on board. "

recalls De Niro.

“Let’s just do it.”

“People just weren’t interested in financing itand that was before the CGI,” Scorsese says.

“Nobody would give us the money.

Netflix also helped lock down the elusive Pesci.

“I was a little anxious,” De Niro admits about the process.

“It took work going over it and correcting it.

It looks good.”

Here, they finally get plenty of screen time together and deliver their A-games.

And as for his first time working with Scorsese, the actor describes the set as preternaturally calm.

“Marty has a very quiet set and that’s part of what he demands,” Pacino says.

It’s comforting.”

The film lingers on Sheeran’s introspection and regret as he advances into old age.

Yeah, no, not gonna happen").

“I’m open to it,” De Niro says.

“There are great stories out there.

Never say never.”

You may find that you’ve done it.

I hope to explore a little more, if I have time."