Key Highlights
- But there’s no other choice.” Related Stories News Rob Reiner: A Hollywood Legend’s Film & TV Career In Photos News Rob Reiner Tributes Include ‘Stand By Me’s Kiefer Sutherland, ‘Spinal Tap’s Harry Shearer & Paul McCartney; Morgan Freeman, & More Scorsese reflects on meeting Rob Reiner in the early 1970s, and “Right away, I loved hanging out with Rob.
- We had a natural affinity for each other.
- He was hilarious and sometimes bitingly funny, but he was never the kind of guy who would take over the room.
- He had a beautiful sense of uninhibited freedom, fully enjoying the life of the moment, and he had a great barreling laugh.” Watch on Deadline RELATED: Rob Reiner Appreciation: A Really Good Man And A Great Director He also reminisces about the pair being fellow New York transplants in Hollywood; the first time they met, when Reiner made a joke to the strains of War’s hit “The Cisco Kid”; casting Reiner in The Wolf of Wall Street; a funny moment during a Kennedy Center tribute; and his favorite Reiner films.
- “We stayed in touch over the years and watched each other’s movies,” Scorsese wrote.
