Remembering Ray Liotta in ‘Goodfellas’ - The New York Times

His performance as Henry Hill includes many touches that weren’t in the script. But the producer didn’t want to cast him originally.

When Goodfellas was announced, more than one of its eventual cast members told me that it was the movie every New York and Los Angeles actor wanted in on. And Liotta was no exception. Everyone liked … [+1978 chars]

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