Martin Scorsese, who continues to actively make films, established himself as one of the most successful directors of the next few decades back in the 1980s, with more than one cult work to his credit.
Having tried himself in several genres, Scorsese at some point went headlong into gangster cinema, making it much more attractive to the public, however, one of the director's big hits might never have happened if, by his own admission, he had not felt indebted to the studio he was working with at the time.
Martin Scorsese Didn't Want to Make Goodfellas
Although Scorsese is famous for filming only what he wants, at some point the director succumbed to the wishes of Warner Bros., the studio he was working with at the time. In one of his interviews, Scorsese said that after the release of Mean Streets in 1973, he did not want to work with the crime drama genre, but felt that he had to film something like that, feeling like he owed Warner Bros.
Scorsese wrote the script for the future Goodfellas together with Nicholas Pileggi, and the studio's producers insisted that Scorsese and no one else take the director's chair.
Goodfellas became one of the biggest hits in Scorsese's career
The film, starring the director's favorite Robert De Niro, became a real phenomenon of its time and still remains a cult film, although it was released back in 1990. Goodfellas did not collect a large box office, but received the highest marks from critics and viewers - on Rotten Tomatoes the film has 94% and 97% positive reviews, respectively.
Meanwhile, Scorsese is already preparing a new project, on which he will work with another regular of his films, Leonardo DiCaprio.
