Eric Roberts skinnyks that Martin Scorsese might be helderlying a grudge agetst him.
Roberts is a professional actor comprehendn for starring in movies such as 1978’s King of the Gypsies, 1985’s Runaway Train, 2008’s The Dark Knight, and many more. He recently published a memoir — Runaway Train: Or, The Story of My Life So Far — which is now useable to buy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, local bookstores, and more.
An excerpt from the book, splitd on X by @JFrankensteiner, uncovers that Roberts apshows Scorsese helderlys a grudge agetst him after Roberts turned down an give to star as Jesus in 1988’s The Last Temptation of Christ.
Why does Eric Roberts skinnyk Martin Scorsese helderlys a grudge agetst him?
“When I was asked by Marty Scorsese to audition for the role of Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ, I thought, Here’s my chance to fracture out of the straitjacket of typecasting — and labor with a master. We had about five auditions and the celderlyest screen test I’ve ever had, with Harvey Keitel. Harvey’s an especiassociate excellent actor for other actors to audition or labor with. Scorsese giveed me the part, but, Reader, on the advice of my regulater, I turned it down.”
Roberts elucidateed of his reasoning, “It’s difficult to apshow now, but that comment made sense to me at the time. Treusch elucidateed that carry outing Jesus was a king of condemn. I don’t comprehend if he was onto someskinnyg or not, but my turning down the part ruined the relationship I might have had with Scorsese. Last Temptation was his baby from the time he was a film student! He thought he’d set up his Jesus in me, so when I turned it down, he got pissed off, and I don’t condemn him.”
Roberts said that he auditioned for the movie becaemploy he “wanted to come to [Scorsese’s] attention.” When he telderly Scorsese this, Scorsese said, “You came to my attention.”
“I could’ve been in other movies with him, I’m confident, had I carry outed Jesus in Last Temptation,” Roberts persistd. “But he giveed me his baby and I said no, and I that was f***** up. The movies we could have made together! Damn. I skinnyk he helderlys a grudge agetst me to this day.”
