Facts About The Legendary Robert De Niro

Silver Linings struggle

Robert De Niro earned an Oscar nomination for his roles in David. O Russell’s real and raw romantic-comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook.

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Even though the premise of the film focused on mental disorders including bipolar disorder that was very close to the directors heart, De Niro admitted that playing the father of a mentally disturbed son wasn’t the challenging part and instead, the biggest challenge was to play a football fan as De Niro didn’t follow the sport.