No threats, he just went for you, and make no mistake, if he came after you, chances are you were dead.Īnd yet, incredibly that same man who could radiate such pure danger, was a gifted comedian, portraying a cartoonish burglar bested by an eight-year-old boy in Home Alone (1991), taking fearsome physical punishment. He looked his prey in the eye, spoke clearly at them, his entire body coiled like a rattlesnake and then he acted. Despite his small stature, Pesci can dominate a scene with the same ferocity as John Wayne, his explosive, uncontainable fury was simply terrifying. Though he has not worked often when he does make a film, he makes it count and when working with actor Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese, it is legendary.
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