Robert De Niro is shooting a film in Puerto Rico

The legendary American actor Robert De Niro is in Puerto Rico filming a new film, a member of the production team has confirmed to Efe.

The film staff member claimed that the Oscar-winning actor for “The Godfather: Part II” (1974) and “Raging Bull” (1980) has “denied any release” of the film. ‘film, the title is still unknown.

A video posted on the social network Instagram shows De Niro in a scene from the film, the recording is picked up by local media.

De Niro appears dressed as a police officer or vigilante, in possession of a firearm while examining the body of a person allegedly dead in an island forest.

De Niro joins other renowned actors who have acted in films shot in Puerto Rico over the past two years, including Al Pacino, who starred alongside the born on August 17, 1943 in New York in films such as “The Godfather: Part II”, “The Irishman” and “Heat”.

Pacino, 80, known for his roles in the acclaimed films “Scarface,” “Scent of a Woman” and “Carlito’s Way,” starred in early 2019 in the film “Axis Sally.”

The film, based on a true story, is about a talented American woman named Mildred Gillars, who works for a Nazi propaganda station during World War II.

The capture of Axis and the trial for treason in Washington after the end of the war are the central issues of the tape.

Several months later, in July 2019, an apartment building in the San Juan area of ​​Miramar became one of the settings for the shooting of the film “Force of Nature”, starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Emile Hirsch.

“Force of Nature” is an action film that reflects the story of an ex-detective who must protect the residents of a building that is being evacuated in the face of a hurricane, while several criminals attempt to carry out a robbery.

However, “Midnight in the Switchgrass”, the directorial debut of producer Randall Emmett (“The Irishman”), had to continue filming in California (USA), then interrupted in Puerto Rico for several cases. of the COVID- 19.

The chief executive of the local producer The Pebre Film Company, Luillo Ruiz, told Efe at the time that this decision was made after last July, when filming resumed on the island after stopping in March. , two members of the production team were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.