Michelle Pfeiffer extolled the virtues of her The Family co-star Robert De Niro, telling reporters that he was a pleasure to work with.
Pfeiffer said that De Niro didn’t have a big ego, and his laid back approach whilst filming made everyone feel comfortable.
She said the De Niro was a person who was able to put actors at ease as soon as he met them:
He’s a classic example of someone who’s iconic and effortlessly puts actors at ease the moment you meet him. You just show up to the set and you’re part of a team and working together and supporting each other, and if everybody shows up with that attitude then everybody has a great time and the work is better as well.
Another co-star in the movie, Dianna Agron , was full of compliments for both Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. She spoke to BANG Showbiz about her experience working with them on the movie:
Everybody wants to do a good job and you want to make it believable so that involves speaking to each other, and not just in the scene because that would be really awkward! I have heard of instances where people are asked not to talk to people, look them in the eye, or not wear purple, and other things like that.
The Family , which was released on June 4, received mixed reviews from critics. The well known Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a mere 29 percent rating based on 119 reviews with an average rating of an unimpressive 4.6 out of ten.
The review says about the film: “It’s fitfully funny and impeccably cast, but Luc Besson’s The Family suffers from an overly familiar setup and a number of jarring tonal shifts.”
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