Robert De Niro used real money in Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas' and other trivia

Released in 1990, Goodfellas is a crime movie directed by Martin Scorsese. movie stars Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta in lead roles. Goodfellas is a classic mob movie and arguably among best movies of Scorsese’s career. Did you kw that Robert De Niro used real money in film? Read about interesting facts and trivia from Goodfellas below. 

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Goodfellas facts and trivia:

• Robert De Niro used real money during scene where Jimmy hands out money to everyone. This is because actor didn't like way fake money felt in his hands. prop arranger gave De Niro $5,000 of his own money. At end of each take, one was allowed to leave set until all money was returned.
• Al Paci turned down role of Jimmy Conway because he was afraid of typecasting.
• Ray Liotta turned down part of Harvey Dent in Batman (1989) to play role of Henry Hill in this movie. 
• In reality, Lufthansa heist was actually solved in 2014, and most of surviving members were arrested.
• At Scorsese's request, associates of real gangsters were always present on set of film. y provided helpful and essential information about mob life, settings, and moods.

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• While filming his mor Carine Scorsese’s scenes, Martin did t tell her that her character's son Tommy DeVito had just killed someone and that a body was in trunk of his car. He only told her that her son was home for dinner and to cook for m. In this scene, Jimmy Conway is seen having an Irish meal. 
• Ray Liotta has said that Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci were inseparable during film.
• film has 43 songs that comprise over four whole albums. Martin Scorsese had thought about songs and where y would be played throughout film long before he started filming.