He is also the proud owner of one of the most recognizable faces and voices in Hollywood, a thing that cannot be transformed or hidden so easily. However, the famed actor managed to do exactly that.
When he got the role in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s original tale of love and monsters – Frankenstein, De Niro was the very essence of a hulking, grotesque monster that still evoked the audience’s pity.
However, we still have nightmares because of his monster, and it’s definitely not because of the pity we felt.