Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...
Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, and Joe Pesci in the 1990 film 'GoodFellas' There was, however, one "starburst" of improvisation in the movie — and it came directly from the actor Joe Pesci.
Miller sets it up by first speaking to Nicholas Pileggi, the author of the nonfiction book Wiseguy that Scorsese and he later adapted into the GoodFellas script. Pileggi recalls with awe how the ...