Robert de Niro visits film premiere with partner – and dogs

On March 20, a new film project by Oscar Prize winner Robert de Niro will start in German cinemas. In Barry Levinson’s “The Alto Knights” the legendary actor plays a double role, Mafia bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello embodies. For the US premiere of the film in New York, De Niro brought more stars from the upcoming gangster film on Saturday: two of his dogs, which can also be seen in “The Alto Knights”.

Together with the cute four-legged friends and life partner Tiffany Chen, the now 81-year-old Hollywood star took place over the red carpet. De Niro appeared in a black suit with a gray top at the premiere, and he wore an orange tinted sunglasses. Chen, on the other hand, wore a black velvet suit, held her beloved dogs that occurred in the film, laughing in her arms and presented the photographers present.

The film project “The Alto Knights” is said to have been found in the Mache since the 1970s. De Niro embodies two historical mafia bosses that came into a bloody conflict in the 1950s, which ultimately decides the supremacy on New York. The former “Will & Grace” star Debra brass and Cosmo Jarvis (“Shōgun”) also belong to the ensemble of the upcoming film.

As a guest in the “The One Show” of the British BBC, De Niro recently unveiled how the four -legged friend casting came. Accordingly, one of the characters in the script was dog owner “and my girlfriend, who has many dogs, said: ‘Maybe you could install these dogs or one of them?'”

As a result, the four -legged friends for director Barry Levinson had to audition and finally received the roles. The filming then took place in cold weather, which is why production decided to covers the animals for their own protection in mental coats and hats-a mafia-typical look that could also be admired at the premiere of “The Alto Knights”.