I ain't talkin' to you, darling! 'Condescending' Robert De Niro walks out of interview about his latest film The Intern after taking offence at reporter's questions
- Robert De Niro was branded 'condescending' after walking out of interview
- He was speaking to a Radio Times writer about his new film The Intern
- But the Oscar-winning actor, 72, took offence to her line of questioning
He is known for his tough guy roles and no-nonsense attitude but it appears Robert De Niro may finally have met his match after a reporter took exception to him trying to walk out of an interview.
The notoriously difficult interviewee was accused of being 'condescending' by Radio Times writer Emma Brockes after he took offence at her questions and became embroiled in a heated exchange.
He then walked out after telling her 'I'm not doing this, darling.'
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Grumpy: Actor Robert De Niro was branded 'condescending' after walking out of an interview about his new film The Intern, starring Anne Hathaway. The pair are pictured together at the New York premiere on Monday
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De Niro was being interviewed about his latest film The Intern, co-starring Anne Hathaway, and had been giving a few of his trademark monosyllabic replies before things turned ugly.
The Oscar-winning actor did not like it when Brockes asked him how he resisted the temptation to go into 'autopilot' on set, and was seemingly irked again when she suggested the Tribeca district of New York, where De Niro co-founded a film festival, had been taken over by bankers.
Brockes wrote in the Radio Times magazine that after the 72-year-old asked her to pause her recorder 'he then pops out of his chair, starts pacing madly and says he's cutting short the interview because of the "negative inference" of what I just said.'
When she replied: 'What, about the bankers?' he told her it was 'all the way through'.
Brockes defended her questioning, explaining that she had been interested by the acting methods he used, only for De Niro to reportedly reply: 'You're probably not even aware that you're doing it. The negative inference.'
The heated encounter continued before Brockes said De Niro told her: 'I'm not doing this, darling.'
De Niro (left in The Godfather Part II) did not like it when Radio Times writer Emma Brockes (right) suggested the Tribeca district of New York, where he co-founded a film festival, had been taken over by bankers
Heated: The notoriously difficult interviewee is known for his tough guy roles (including in Casino, pictured) but it appears De Niro may finally have met his match after the reporter he tried to walk out on fired back at him
It was a comment that did not sit well with his interviewer, who said: 'I think you're very condescending.'
He replied: 'Oh, you think "darling" is condescending?'
Brockes later told The Independent De Niro's hostility had caused her to lose control.
She said: 'I have sympathy with De Niro because nobody wants to be there for these choreographed junket interviews.
'I was expecting him to be a little quiet but the combination of hostility and condescension irritated me and I ended up losing my cool.
New role: The Intern sees De Niro move away from his tough guy roles to instead play Hathaway's assistant
'I certainly didn’t go in looking for an argument but when it happened I did think "at least he’s finally saying something."'
The Intern sees De Niro move away from his tough guy roles to instead play Hathaway's assistant.
The film tells the story of Jules Ostin (Hathaway) the young founder of a fashion based e-commerce company who agrees to a community outreach program and hires senior citizen Ben Whittaker (De Niro) as an intern.
It is released in cinemas in the UK on October 2.
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