Robert De Niro is shooting a movie in Puerto Rico

Legendary American actor Robert De Niro He is in Puerto Rico filming a new film, confirmed a member of the production team for Efe.

The film crew member claimed that the Oscar-winning actor for “The Godfather: Part II” (1974) and “Raging Bull” (1980) “refused to publish any information” about the film, the title of which is still unknown.

A video posted on the social network Instagram shows De Niro in a scene from the movie, the recording of which is taken over by the local media.

De Niro appears dressed as a policeman or guard, in possession of a firearm while examining the body of a person presumed dead in a forest on the island.

De Niro joins other well-known actors who have starred in films shot in Puerto Rico for the past two years, including Al Pacino, who co-starred with the 17-year-old New York-born in New York in films such as “The Godfather: Part II a ”,“ Irish ”and“ Heat ”.

Pacino, 80 years old and known for his roles in the famous films “Scarface”, “Scent of a woman” and “Carlito’s Way”, participated in early 2019 in the film “Axis Sally”.

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

The capture of Axis and the process of betrayal in Washington after the end of the war are the central issues of the film.

A few months later, in July 2019, an apartment building in the San Juan area of ​​Miramar became one of the sets for the filming of the film “Force of Nature”, with Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Emile Hirsch.

“Force of Nature” is an action film that reflects the story of a former detective who must protect the inhabitants of a building that is evacuated from a hurricane, while several criminals try 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), after it was interrupted in Puerto Rico due to several cases of COVID – 19.

The executive director of the local production company The Pimienta Film Company, Luillo Ruiz, explained to Efe at the time that this decision was made after two members of the team resumed filming on the island in July last year, after stopping in March. production were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.