Debra Messing talks reunion with Robert De Niro

Debra Messing, an American actress, has waited decades to work with legend Robert De Niro, and now she’s finally getting the chance with The Alto Knights.

Playing the role of his wife, the flick is set to hit theaters on March 21. The synopsis reads, “In the 1950s, notorious New York crime bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese vie for control of the city streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that reshapes organized crime forever.”

Messing almost got the chance to work with De Niro in 1995 in the film, Casino. Being up for the role of Ginger McKenna, it ended up going to actress Sharon Stone.

"I met [Bob] for the first time when I was 25 years old and I just graduated from NYU grad school and it was one of my first auditions for film," she told Yahoo Entertainment, "I was called back and they said, 'You're going to be meeting Robert De Niro and Marty Scorsese for Casino.’"

"Just getting a callback at that point was so incredible. But I was like, 'I am too young for this.' And I went to a salon and I said, 'Give me an updo, make me look older and sophisticated and glamorous.' And I knocked on the door [at the audition] and Bob opened it and he was like, 'What, you going to a prom?,’” she continued.

The actress joked, "I died. I don't remember anything after that."

About finally working with De Niro, she said, "When we actually read together ... the third line in, Bob started improvising and I thought, 'What's going on? This isn't the scene I learned.' And I thought, ‘OK, sink or swim. This is what you learned how to do in graduate acting school at NYU. So just dive in’ — and I did. And it became really fun and really fluid. We just had a good chemistry, and he just made it feel very safe and welcoming."

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