Martin Scorsese says Netflix was a ‘life-saver’ for backing The Irishman after Paramount pulled out

Martin Scorsese says Netflix was a ‘lifesaver’ for funding The Irishman (Picture: Netflix/Getty)
Martin Scorsese has revealed that The Irishman was almost never made.
It was the movie that saw him team up with Robert De Niro once again.
Scorsese and De Niro gave us classics like Mean Streets, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver and with Al Pacino and Joe Pesci all on board for 2019 release The Irishman, you’d think there’d be a fight over who got to snap it up.
The reality was th