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The King of Comedy Movie Behind The Scenes

Making The King of Comedy

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It's no laughing matter.

Production

Go behind the scenes on the 1983 Drama movie starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott

Shelley Hack, Lou Brown (III), Richard Baratz, Vinnie Gonzales, Marta Heflin, Ed Herlihy, Charles Kaleina, Doc Lawless, Chuck Low, Peter Potulski, Whitey Ryan, Catherine Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese, Loretta Tupper, Katherine Wallach Update Cast


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Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin were all considered for the role of Rupert's talk-show-hosting idol before Jerry Lewis.
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Robert De Niro used anti-Semitic remarks to anger Jerry Lewis while filming the scene where Rupert Pupkin crashes Jerry Langford's country home. Lewis, who had never worked with method actors, was shocked and appalled, but delivered an extremely credible performance.



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Deleted Scenes

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Alternate Versions

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