Robert De Niro is shooting a movie in Puerto Rico

Legendary American actor Robert de Niro He is in Puerto Rico to film a new movie, a member of the production team has confirmed to EFE.

The film staff member assured that the Oscar-winning actor for “The Godfather: Part II” (1974) and “Raging Bull” (1980) has “refused to publish information” about the film, the title of which is still unknown.

A video posted to the social network Instagram shows De Niro in a scene from the film, the recording of which is picked up by local media.

De Niro appears dressed as a police officer or guard, in possession of a firearm while examining the body of an allegedly dead person in a forest on the island.

De Niro joins other well-known actors who have starred in films filmed in Puerto Rico over the past two years, including Al Pacino, who, along with the one born in New York on August 17, 1943, has taken part in such films as’ The Godfather : Part II ”,“ The Irishman ”and“ Heat ”.

Pacino, 80 years old and known for his roles in the famous movies “Scarface”, “Scent of a woman” and “Carlito’s Way”, took part in the movie “Axis Sally” in early 2019.

The film, based on a true story, is about a talented American woman named Mildred Gillars, who works for a Nazi propaganda station during World War II.

The arrest of Axis and the treason trial in Washington after the war ended are central to the film.

Several months later, in July 2019, an apartment complex in the San Juan neighborhood of Miramar became one of the backdrops for the filming of the “Force of Nature” movie starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Emile Hirsch.

“Force of Nature” is an action film that tells the story of a former detective who must protect the residents of a building being evacuated from a hurricane, while several criminals attempt a robbery.

However, “Midnight in the Switchgrass”, the directorial debut of producer Randall Emmett (“The Irishman”), had to continue filming in California, USA, after being interrupted in Puerto Rico due to several cases of COVID-19.

The chief executive of local production company The Pimienta Film Company, Luillo Ruiz, explained to Efe at the time that this decision was made after two members of the crew started filming on the island last July after retiring in March. of the production was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.