Robert De Niro was furious when his speech manuscript was changed without permission, saying, ``That's what people do,'' and reads out the original manuscript in defiance of Apple's censorship.
A situation occurred in which actor Robert De Niro's speech manuscript for the film awards ceremony was replaced just before it was announced, and parts criticizing former President Donald Trump were deleted. De Niro seems to have noticed that the manuscript had been changed while on stage to give a speech, and is blaming Apple for replacing it.
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Martin Scorsese's film ` `Killers of the Flower Moon '' won the Gotham Historical Icon and Creator Tribute Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards . On behalf of the film, Robert De Niro, who played William Hale, a local influential man and uncle of the main character played by Leonardo DiCaprio, attended the award ceremony and gave an acceptance speech. When De Niro tried to read out the manuscript for his speech on the stage, he noticed that ``the part criticizing former President Trump'' had been deleted from the manuscript he had originally planned to read.
Since ``Killers of the Flower Moon'' was an Apple TV+ original work , entertainment media Variety reports that Apple will replace part of the manuscript read by De Niro. According to Variety, Apple replaced the manuscript after receiving feedback from film production staff who said they wanted to put the work at the center of their speeches.
De Niro said he was not informed that the draft of his speech had been changed, saying, ``I don't want to thank Apple for what they did at all.'' '', criticizing Apple. However, De Niro notices that the manuscript has been replaced, displays the manuscript he was originally scheduled to read on his smartphone, and gives a speech.
In his speech, De Niro said, ``Lies have become just another weapon in the charlatan's arsenal.'' ``The former president lied to us more than 30,000 times during his four years in office. He maintains this pace in his revenge campaigns. But no amount of lies can hide his soul. He attacks the weak, destroys the bounty of nature, and uses disrespectful acts, such as using Pocahontas as a slander. 'He continues to behave in this manner,' he said, criticizing former President Trump.
You can check the video below of De Niro's speech at the Gotham Independent Film Awards ceremony.
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According to sources who provided information to Variety, the manuscript that De Niro was scheduled to read in his speech was replaced 10 minutes before the ceremony began. The person said, ``The woman who instructed the teleprompter to upload a new speech draft was overheard identifying herself as an Apple employee.''
Additionally, the teleprompter operator testified that two Apple employees sent him a replacement manuscript at 6:54 p.m. In this replacement manuscript, explicit references to former President Trump have been deleted, and Variety has also confirmed this replacement manuscript.
People close to ``Killers of the Flower Moon'' deny that Apple censored the manuscript, and claim that the incident was ``a misunderstanding.'' According to this person, there were multiple drafts of the speech planned, and because the production team wanted to 'focus only on the artistry of the work,' a different version of the speech was read out than the one originally planned. It seems that it has become. The people added that Apple and the production team were not aware that De Niro did not agree with the content of the script that appeared on the teleprompter.
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