Photo shared from The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Courtesy of Joe McCrea
Robert De Niro learned how to play a sheriff with advice from this Muscogee County deputy
When movie star Robert De Niro wanted to know how to hold his gun, while playing a Georgia sheriff, he asked Joe McCrea.
And when Robert De Niro wanted to know how to say his lines, as a Georgia sheriff, he listened to Joe McCrea say them.
When Joe McCrea’s three days of acting as a law enforcement consultant on the movie set of “Wash Me In The River” were over, Robert De Niro asked him to stay on, for 12 more days.