In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Q: The stars of Martin Scorsese's classic 1990 gangster film Goodfellas reunited in New York on Saturday night for a very special 25th anniversary screening of the movie which brought the 14th annual Tribeca Film Festival to a close. Stars Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino were all in attendance although director Scorsese was filming in Taiwan and Joe Pesci, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for his turn as Tommy DeVito, didn't show. 'Joe Pesci couldn't be here, but he sent this email: 'F***, f***, f***, f***ity f***, f***' read De Niro, introducing the screening at the Beacon Theatre. 'I'll translate: "Dear Bob, sorry I can't be there. Love to all. Best, Joe.'"Stars Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino were all in attendance for Saturday's special 25th anniversary screeningNot in attendance were director Martin Scorsese, who was filming in Taiwan, and Joe Pesci who had won an Oscar for his role in the 1990 movie'Joe Pesci couldn't be here, but he sent this email: 'F***, f***, f***, f***ity f***, f***' read De NiroScorsese sent a video message and recalled how the movie upset the owner of his then favorite NYC Italian restaurantThroughout the two-and-a-half-hour screening the audience cheered each major character's first appearanceJon Stewart then held a Q&A with the actors and Liotta recalled Henry Hill thanking him for 'not making me look like a s***bag' 
 Question:Earlier on the red carpet, Liotta had recalled something _ told him before filming began that made him believe he was going to be part of something special.
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Martin Scorsese