Robert De Niro's 噂するd 報復 of Taxi Driver character Travis Bickle in Uber 広告 draws 批評 from film's screenwriter: 'Why (頭が)ひょいと動く would do this is beyond my reckoning'

  • Rep for actor, 80, 否定するd he is playing Bickle again or using line from film?
  • Uber 確認するd De Niro is in U.K. 広告 (選挙などの)運動をする 予定するd to roll out soon?
  • Bickle stands out as one of De Niro's 署名 役割s in an unparalleled career?

まっただ中に 憶測 Robert De Niro is reprising his iconic 役割 of Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle for an Uber 広告 (選挙などの)運動をする in the U.K., the film's screenwriter questioned the move on social マスコミ.

Paul Schrader, 77, took to Facebook on Wednesday 地位,任命するing his commentary to an item from the 場所/位置 Hollywood どこかよそで 肩書を与えるd '80-Year-Old DeNiro Is Meaningless in Travis Bickle 状況.'

Schrader wrote in 返答 to the piece, 'Ouch. Why (頭が)ひょいと動く would do this is beyond my reckoning. But I 港/避難所't seen it. If I'm lucky I never will.'

De Niro was seen in London on Thursday filming an 広告 for Uber opp osite actor Asa Butterfield.

Stan Rosenfield, a rep for the actor said that De Niro, 80, would not be reprising the 役割 of the societal outcast from the 1976 film that was directed by ツバメ Scorsese; nor would he use Bickle's line from the film, 'You talkin' to me?''

The latest: Amid speculation Robert De Niro, 80, is reprising his iconic role of Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle for an Uber ad campaign in the U.K., the film's screenwriter Paul Schrader, 77, questioned the move on social media
Schrader was pictured at the Chateau Marmont in LA in May

The 最新の:?まっただ中に 憶測 Robert De Niro, 80, is reprising his iconic 役割 of Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle for an Uber 広告 (選挙などの)運動をする in the U.K., the film's screenwriter Paul Schrader, 77, questioned the move on social マスコミ

'De Niro’s Uber 商業の has nothing to do with his Taxi Driver character,'?Rosenfield told The Hollywood Reporter.?

Uber 問題/発行するd a 声明 確認するing De Niro's presence in an 広告 (選挙などの)運動をする 予定するd to roll out in the coming months.

'We are filming with Robert De Niro in London for a new Uber UK (選挙などの)運動をする, which will 開始する,打ち上げる later in the year,' the rideshare company said, によれば Variety.

Taxi Driver, which 攻撃する,衝突する theaters in February of 1976, costarred Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, Diahnne Abbott and the late Peter Boyle.

The film followed the Bickle character, a menta lly-乱すd loner New York City cab driver, through a 一連の interactions and 関係s wrought with 暴力/激しさ.?

The film, which was 指名するd for four 学院 Awards - 含むing Best Picture and Best Actor for De Niro - has remained a cultural 中心的要素, and Bickle stands out as one of De Niro's 署名 役割s in an unparalleled career.

Schrader had worked with Scorsese on a number of 著名な films, 含むing 1980's 激怒(する)ing Bull - for which De Niro won the Best Actor for playing boxer Jake LaMotta - 同様に as 1988's The Last 誘惑 of Christ and 1999's Bringing Out the Dead.

He has also written and directed films such as 1980's American Gigolo, 1997's Affliction, 2017's First 改革(する)d - for which he was 指名するd for an 学院 Award for Best 初めの Screenplay - and 2022's Master Gardener.

Schrader took to Facebook on Wednesday posting his commentary to an item from the site Hollywood Elsewhere titled '80-Year-Old DeNiro Is Meaningless in Travis Bickle Context'

Schrader took to F acebook on Wednesday 地位,任命するing his commentary to an item from the 場所/位置 Hollywood どこかよそで 肩書を与えるd '80-Year-Old DeNiro Is Meaningless in Travis Bickle 状況'

Taxi Driver followed the Bickle character, a mentally-disturbed loner New York City cab driver, through a series of interactions and relationships wrought with violence.

Taxi Driver followed the Bickle character, a mentally-乱すd loner New York City cab driver, through a 一連の interactions and 関係s wrought with 暴力/激しさ.

De Niro is one of many celebs who Uber has 雇うd to 促進する its 商売/仕事 in 最近の years, as the company has also had 広告s featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Silverman, Trevor Noah, Jennifer Coolidge and Nicholas Braun.

De Niro and Scorsese are 共同製作 again - 場内取引員/株価 their 10th film together - on the 高度に-心配するd 罪,犯罪 殺し屋s of the Flower Moon.

The period piece, which is 始める,決める in the 1920s, also 星/主役にするs Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, 同様に as 足緒 Plemons, Tantoo 枢機けい/主要な, John Lithgow and Brendan Fraser. It is 予定 in theaters October 20.