Martin Scorsese "Goodfellas", and its excessive violence that garnered it a reputation as possibly the most violent American gangster film ever made. Indeed, many of the tropes and tricks of the earlier film resurfaced more or less intact, most obviously the casting of both Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, Pesci once again playing an unbridled psychopath. Sharon Stone was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. During the filming Scorsese played a background part as a gambler at one of the tables. Scorsese still found time for a four-hour documentary in 1995, titled "A Personal Journey with Martin
Ray Liotta Pitt and James Gandolfini in the 2012 Andrew Dominik film "Killing Them Softly" and the 2013 Ariel Vromen film "The Iceman" features Liotta as the character of Roy DeMeo. He had a supporting role in "Muppets Most Wanted" (2014). In 2014, Liotta played a preacher in the faith-based film "The Identical". Liotta starred in the Western miniseries "Texas Rising" for The History Channel in 2015. Other projects include "Kill the Messenger" with Jeremy Renner, "Stretch" with Chris Pine and a David Guetta video. Since June 2015, Liotta narrates the AMC docu-series "The Making of the Mob". In 2016, Liotta began