Night and the City (1992 film) De Niro's work as "more like a riff on Rupert Pupkin, the goofy talk show fan he played in Scorsese's "The King of Comedy"". Ebert and Howe both agreed, however, that Alan King's performance was fantastic. Owen Gleiberman concurred in his review, but he sided with Ebert regarding De Niro, concluding, "the actor who once seemed the heir to Brando, Clift, and, yes, Widmark — the actor who once got so far inside his roles that he just about detonated the screen — now plays characters who don't seem to have any inner life at all." David Ansen praised the
The Untouchables (film) one extra scene written for his character, and time to finish his commitment to the Broadway production of "Cuba and His Teddy Bear." Lastly, he wanted to gain about to play Capone; according to De Palma, De Niro was "very concerned about the shape of his face for the part." A month after the film was released, De Palma downplayed his role on the film: Being a writer myself, I don't like to take credit for things I didn't do. I didn't develop this script. David [Mamet] used some of my ideas and he didn't use some of them. I