Director Todd Phillips recalled being caught “in between a rock and a hard place” with the two actors (via toofab)
"I'm in between a rock and a hard place," continued Phillips. "Bob called me and he goes, 'Tell him he's an actor and he's got to be there, I like to hear the whole movie, and we're going to all get in a room and just read it. I do read-throughs before we shoot, that's what we do.'"
After some convincing by Phillips, the two actors "talked over a few minor issues" and De Niro took Phoenix' face in his hands and kissed him on the cheek saying "It's going to be okay, bubbeleh." "It was so beautiful," said Phillips. "His character and my character, we didn't need to talk about anything. We just say, 'Do the work. Relate as the characters to each other.' It makes it simpler and we don't [talk]. There's no reason to," agreed De Niro, who portrays a late-night talk show host.
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