In the comedy "Nikki, Devil Jr.", the actors were at great risk of provoking indignation of the religious audience. But humor was stronger than prejudice.
Harvey Keitel
In the comedy "Nikki, Devil Jr.", the actors gathered for a truly stellar cast on the set. Almost every one of them over the course of a long career earned his army of fans. Harvey was not an exception, with vast experience in cinema.
The countdown to the beginning of his career should be kept not from entering the acting studio and his first role on the stage. It all started with an acquaintance with the director Martin Scorsese, this name soon became a resounding cinema. In his films, Keitel received the first recognition. In collaboration with this director, the actor gained invaluable experience and was a partner on the set for world-famous colleagues. He has been playing roles in films for 50 years, his appearance on the screen guarantees the quality of the film and the big box office.
In the role of the devil
Harvey Keitel was born in 1939, grew up on the streets of New York, was a marine in one of the US military missions. After the service, he decided to become an actor and intensively studied acting, after which he worked in the theater. Could become the winner of the Oscar - nominated and at the presentation ceremony lost the title to another actor in the hall. Harvey is now 78 years old. The painting "Nikki, the Devil Jr." became a new experience for him, to which he had not yet tried himself in this genre.
Other actors in the picture:
- Kevin Nylon;
- Tommy Lister;
- Allen Covert;
- Robert Schmigel;
- Patricia Arquette.
In the work on the film "Nikki, the Devil Jr.", the actors did not spare compliments to each other after filming. The team of directors gathered a truly stellar cast on the set.
Diverse Actor Adam Sandler
The directors of the film "Nikki, Devil Jr." actors and roles were selected in accordance with the comedy experience in cinema. According to this logic, it is no coincidence that the main character was played by Adam Sandler. At the time of filming, he was 34 years old, and during this time the actor managed to embody many large comedic roles on the screen.
At first, Adam’s career was considered as a comedian without claims to other genres in the cinema. At first it was, the directors invited him to funny roles. This is not surprising, the actor long before his debut on the big screen already plucked a standing ovation in all kinds of comedy clubs as a comedian. When no one knew anything about him in the cinema, the guy in stand-up performances in front of the general public has already received recognition. The ability to make people laugh Adam discovered in himself at school age. Later, an educated young man received a degree at a prestigious university, but exchanged science for stand-up.
At the age of 23, he participated in the filming of the film for the first time, after which the comedian wanted to see one of the directors of the comedy film in his frame. It is unlikely that Adam himself expected to play at least one serious dramatic role in his future career. But more than once he had the opportunity to change his role, and he proved his ability to not only make laugh.
Actor Biography
After filming the movie "Nikki, the Devil Jr.", the actors willingly keep in touch with each other, Adam Sandler made new friends. A native of the United States comes from a family of Jewish immigrants on the American continent. He was born in 1966, grew up, was educated and achieved first success in New York. After university, Adam Sandler mixed the audience in nightclubs and became the star of the popular television show on the evening air. It was there that the director of his first film on the big screen noticed him. From that moment he has been acting in films for 28 years with great success with the audience and with huge box office rentals. In each new role, from year to year, Adam gains experience and improves his acting skills in front of spectators and critics.
Directors also note his progress in work and are even more often invited to shoot. At the moment, the actor is already 50 years old.