On Feb. 24, Ray Liotta will receive a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honoring almost 50 years of amazing work in TV and on film. Following his turn in Jonathan Demme’s 1986 film “So…
” was the moment that many moviegoers first discovered his complex, sometimes contradictory charms. When asked about the moment he knew that Liotta was the perfect choice for Hill — a character that was slick, confident, effortlessly charming, but with an edge of danger that made him fearsome and attractive at the same time — Scorsese says it wasn’t during casting, or even on set, but when the two crossed paths ahead of the beginning of production.
Notwithstanding Scorsese’s own celebrity, “Last Temptation” generated a tidal wave of controversy for the filmmaker which required him to enlist additional protection — death threats were issued for daring to adapt Nikos Kazantzakis’ portrait of Jesus. “[Ray] reacted very quietly, very calmly, politely,” he recalls. “He allowed them to observe their protocols and he defused the situation.
Liotta appears in almost every scene of “Goodfellas,” a responsibility he shoulders with ease and consistency on screen. Scorsese reveals that behind the scenes, he went through at least one significant personal challenge that threatened to undermine the duo’s creative rhythm, much less the actor’s focus in what would prove to be one of his signature roles. “One day, I was told that Ray had just gotten a call with bad news. I went to his trailer and when I walked in his was in tears.
“Ray and I walked to the set together. We were shooting a scene where the characters were celebrating their first big score,” Scorsese says. “We told the crew and the actors, one of whom was my father, what was happening. We started rolling. And the solidarity we all felt with Ray, the feeling of collective mourning, fueled the euphoria of the onscreen moment: tears and sorrow were transformed into laughter and jubilation.
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