Robert De Niro’s ‘Taxi Driver’ Uber Ad Reports Draw Paul Schrader’s Criticism

Paul Schrader, the screenwriter behind Martin Scorsese’s classic Taxi Driver, has expressed his displeasure over reports that Robert De Niro intends to revisit his iconic role of Travis Bickle for a U.K.

Uber ad campaign.

The screenwriter took to social media to address the reports, sharing an article that carried the news, Sharader wrote, “Jeff Wells sent this.

Ouch.

Why Bob would do this is beyond my reckoning.

But I haven’t seen it.

If I’m lucky I never will.”…

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