Впервые посмотрела этот фильм и он конечно, ОЧЕНЬ нетипичный для Марти.
И Де Ниро здесь также выдает нелепейший, но запоминающийся персонаж, по наивности не похожий на его обычных героев.
P.S. и снова в кадре с Робертом засветилась как и в "Таксисте" его первая жена, Дайэнн Эбботт.
Martin Scorsese said later that making this film was an "unsettling" experience, in part because of the embarrassing, bitter material of the sсript.
Scorsese said that he and Robert De Niro may have not worked together again for seven years because making "The King of Comedy" was so emotionally grueling.
читать дальшеMartin Scorsese has stated that he "probably should not have made" the film.
Robert De Niro and Diahnne Abbott were married in real-life at the time.
In the scene where Robert De Niro and Sandra Bernhard argue in the street, three of the "street scum" that mock Bernhard are Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, and Paul Simonon, members of the British punk rock band, The Clash.
Robert De Niro used anti-Semitic remarks to anger Jerry Lewis while filming the scene where Rupert Pupkin crashes Jerry Langford's country home.
Lewis, who had never worked with method actors, was shocked and appalled, but delivered an extremely credible performance.
Actor-comedian Jerry Lewis played a character, Jerry Langford, with the same first name as his own.
Jerry Langford was originally named Bobby Langford in the sсript.
But Lewis suggested that the character be named after him so that they could film reactions from real passersby who recognized him.
None of the other people in that scene were actors except for the cabbie and the woman on the payphone.
Much of the scene where Rupert shows up at Jerry's house was improvised. Kim Chan improvised his lines when Jonno calls Jerry.
The part where Jonno has troubling opening the front door was not planned. Chan really could not open the door and Jerry Lewis improvised his reaction.
When Jerry Langford is walking down the street, he is stopped by a woman talking on the telephone.
When Jerry refuses to talk to someone on the phone, the lady says I hope you get cancer.
This incident actually happened to Jerry Lewis. According to Scorsese, Lewis directed this segment himself.
Sandra Bernhard was allowed to improvise most of her lines as she had no formal acting training and Scorsese wanted her to be as natural as possible.