AMC Networks slapped a content warning on Martin Scorsese’s mob classic, “Goodfellas,” and one of the film’s stars, Frank Sivero, isn’t thrilled about it.
Sivero said the trigger warning is not necessary, and is actually an insult to the film’s famous actors, including Robert De Niro and the late Ray Liotta, according to TMZ. He noted there was nothing stereotypical about his mob character, and insisted that Scorsese allowed the actors to improvise many of the key moments in the film, ultimately allowing them to make their own choices.
AMC’s warning advises viewers the movie contains “language and/or cultural stereotypes,” according to The Independent.
“I’m kind of a little bit perturbed in a way, that AMC that even, AMC even cuts the movie completely, you don’t hear the language, they delete the language, so why are they so upset?” Sivero said, in a…
