![]() It's like playing Hamlet," the actor has been quoted as saying. As Untouchable noted, however, De Niro rejected the idea. When fellow Italian-American, director Martin Scorsese, approached him with a chance to star as Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ, it would have been a perfect opportunity for De Niro to explore his Catholic background - after all, Scorsese himself once thought about becoming a Catholic priest. ![]() As Andy Dougan's Untouchable: A Biography of Robert De Niroexplained, it was during that time that his grandparents secretly baptized him a Roman Catholic - behind his parents' backs.Īs his career later sore to stardom, De Niro became known for the "tough guy" roles he played, such as in Raging Bull or Taxi Driver. This left the future actor to be "raised by his atheist mother in Manhattan," while his "lapsed-Catholic father lived within walking distance." However, during a short transitional period after his parents' separation, De Niro was sent to stay with his grandparents in Syracuse, N.Y. According to The Irish Post, De Niro's father came out as gay in 1945, causing his parents to swiftly separate.
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