Scorsese continued: “I knew exactly where to put it.
He said, “Well, if you do it, I gotta tell you something.” And I said, “Well what is it?” He goes, “Not here.” And he acted out this scene that happened to him.” I know he resisted it, he said: ‘I don’t know, gangster stuff.” I said this character’s really interesting based on a real guy. “I wanted Joe Pesci to be in the film and I think he resisted it. Speaking to GQ, the Taxi Driver director revealed: However, it wasn’t really part of his script and instead, Pesci acted out the scene for him before accepting a role in Goodfellas. Scorsese naturally got plenty of plaudits for creating the scene.