Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For the movie Raging Bull (1980, dir: Martin Scorsese), Robert DeNiro trained so hard that he won 2 real boxing matches, DeNiro trained for over a year with the real life boxer Jake LaMotta, winning 2 amateur matches in Brooklyn that LaMotta entered him into.

Martin Scorsese Behind the Scenes, Martin Scorsese Best Movies, Martin Scorsese Movie Facts, Robert DeNiro Behind the Scenes, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Smashing Machine

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