The studio wanted to cut the interracial Jane/ Calogero romance
But Chazz Palminteri, whose life the movie was based on, refused
Robert DeNiro, who directed, backed him up and the rest is movie history
Before Chazz and DeNiro met the movie almost didn’t get made because studios wanted to buy Chazz’s story and refuse to let him star in it or write the screenplay
He believed in his vision and turned down $1 million
He met DeNiro and made his movie his way
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