15 August,2016 09:29 AM IST | | Agencies
Robert de Niro, star of the 1976 movie Taxi Driver, compared business magnate and US Presidential candidate Donald Trump to Travis Bickle, the mentally disturbed protagonist of his iconic film
Robert De Niro
Robert de Niro, star of the 1976 movie Taxi Driver, compared business magnate and US Presidential candidate Donald Trump to Travis Bickle, the mentally disturbed protagonist of his iconic film.
Robert De Niro
"What he has been saying is totally crazy, ridiculous, stuff that shouldn't be even... he is totally nuts," De Niro said during a QnA session at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
When the moderator asked De Niro to elaborate on Bickle's mental illness, the first thing that seemed to have crossed the actor's mind was the Republican candidate. "One of the things to me was just the irony at the end, he (Bickle) is back driving a cab, celebrated, which is kind of relevant in some way today too. People like Donald Trump who shouldn't be where he is so... God help us," De Niro said.
