Robert De Niro explains how his highly anticipated new movie reverse-ages him by decades

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May 12, 2017 7:27 PM

Robert De Niro gives us a glimpse inside how his next movie "The Irishman" will feature scenes with him looking decades younger.

Robert De Niro.

Cameras don't begin rolling on the anticipated Netflix movie "The Irishman," teaming Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro for the first time since 1995's "Casino," until August, but the groundbreaking motion-capture technology that'll be featured in it is already underway.

De Niro, 73, told Business Insider on Friday while promoting his upcoming HBO movie about Bernie Madoff, "The Wizard of Lies" (airing May 20), that he's already gone to Industrial Light & Magic and filmed test footage of him delivering lines from a classic Scorsese movie to achieve the effect that makes him look much younger.

"We did some tests. I did a scene from 'Goodfellas' and they worked on that piece and we've been slowly moving along," De Niro said. "We're going to make it great."

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De Niro's description of the de-aging process, which he said involved motion-capture dots placed all over his face, sounds similar to how ILM worked with English actor Guy Henry to bring a GCI version of "Star Wars" character

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