Ephron died in 2012, 71 years old, after a diagnosis of leukemia that she remained secret for even her best friends, but Pleggi talks as if she was still with him.
The Hollywood -legend said about his house: “We bought this place about 30 years ago. We came out a lot here, worked on films and staying in hotels. One day she said to me:” We have to get a place here. ” And that was. “
Pleggi is still extremely busy and has just written the new Robert de Niro gangster movie The Alto Knights which is currently in cinemas.
But his last film has not received any praising reviews.
A critic said: “On paper, the gangster photo The Alto Knights Has all the elements of a success. It plays Robert de Niro, currently on a hot streak after back-to-back successful collaborations with Martin Scorseseof The IrishN and Killers of the Flower Moon.
“It is directed by Barry Levinson, who may have been quiet for a few years, but has made some of the best American films in recent decades, including the comparable theme Bugsy and Oscar winning Rainman. And the script is from Nicholas Pleggi – another Scorsese veteran who wrote the scenarios for Goodfellas And Casino – as well as contributing to people like American gangster And Irishman.
“In other words, it should be a hit. But the runes have already explained that The Alto Knights Will flop. “