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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Keitel told Insider he wants to work with Tarantino again: "It just can't be over."</li><li>He's still shocked he was never asked to come back for "<keyword id="66679" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="sister-act">Sister Act</keyword> 2."</li><li>Keitel is upset by a "blurring of the truth" as to why Martin Sheen took his role in "Apocalypse Now."</li></ul><keyword id="593874" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Harvey-Keitel">Harvey Keitel</keyword> has spent his career going down the path less traveled.As his contemporaries like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino got sucked into franchises and big-budget thrillers, Keitel has only shown up in one sequel over his illustrious career - though he doesn't even remember making it (more on that later). Instead, he's focused more on helping young directors get their start. The standouts being old friend Martin Scorsese (Keitel starred in "Mean Streets" and "Taxi Driver"), Paul Schrader ("Blue Collar"), and <keyword id="27848" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Quentin-Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</keyword> ("Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction").His latest movie "<keyword id="11515210" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lansky">Lansky</keyword>" (availabe now in theaters and On Demand), in which he plays legendary gangster Meyer Lansky, continues that trend as it marks the second feature by Eytan Rockaway. In the movie, Keitel plays the mob kingpin in his later years as he opens up to a journalist (Sam Worthington) about the criminal empire he created.The 82-year-old Oscar-nominated actor told Insider that, along with the talents of Rockaway, what drew him to the project was Lansky's "authenticity and his journey," which Keitel can relate to after close to 160 roles.Insider spoke to Keitel over Zoom about whether we'll ever see him in a Tarantino movie again, why "Sister Act" is the only movie of his that he wishes he was in the sequel of, and he clears up the myth that Francis Ford Coppola recast him in <keyword id="10196722" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="apocalypse-now">"Apocalypse Now"</keyword> because he couldn't hack it in the jungle.<div type="image" title="Harvey Keitel in a suit and glasses" height="802" width="1200" msid="83847681" hostid="261"></div>Jason Guerrasio: "Lansky" director Eytan Rockaway is the latest in a long list of on-the-rise filmmakers you have worked with. Why do you enjoy working with young directors?Harvey Keitel: Remember that time you went to a party and you saw that girl standing there and you said, "Oh my god, I've got to meet her?" That's your answer. Is there a director out there you really want to work with and haven't had the chance to yet?There are so many -Give me one. Who's top of the list?Are you trying to get me killed?No. No. I'm trying to get you work.[Laughs.] The truth is I have been lucky, you know the people I have worked with. I've been more than lucky to work with some of the greats. I can't name just one. Well, let me bring up one of the directors you've most famously worked with. Why have we never seen you in a Quentin Tarantino movie since "Pulp Fiction?" We hear your voice in "Inglourious Basterds" but have not seen your face in one of his <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> since "Pulp." Why?[Long silence.] I'm answering you.Oh! Does this silence mean it's due to your doing or his?Not on my part. <div type="image" title="Reservoir Dogs" height="1200" width="1600" msid="83847683" hostid="261"></div>Okay. Is this you telling me to move on to another topic?I'm telling you this story is not over. I'm silent right now but the story is not over. So something is on the horizon?The story is not over because what we did when we met can't be over. It just can't be over in my mind and in my heart. Even if we never work together again we'll always be working together in my own mind and heart.And I want to add that what Quentin did in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood," with the story of Sharon Tate. That part of the story was one of the most powerful love stories I have ever witnessed in my life. That's the guy I know. <div type="image" title="margot robbie once upon a time in hollywood" height="1082" width="1442" msid="83847691" hostid="261"></div>Are you jealous you didn't get a call from him to be in that movie?Well, he cast it the way he wanted to cast it. I don't even think about that because what he did telling that story of Sharon Tate was so moving.In your storied career, you have only done one sequel. It was to "National Treasure." I did?You were in the sequel to that movie, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." I didn't even know I did two. I don't remember that.Yeah, you're in the second one. Well, I hope it did okay. [Laughs.]<div type="image" title="Nicolas Cage stanging next to Harvey Keitel" height="702" width="1052" msid="83847696" hostid="261"></div>I'm sure the check cleared. But how in this franchise-crazed business have you stayed away from doing movies that have countless sequels?I'm not very big on sequels. Now, I like to make money like anyone else does, but sometimes there's an unwillingness on my part to simply cash in. I'm not beyond it, because of what I'm about to say: The one sequel I wanted to do, I thought I was going to do, I was waiting for that call, was "Sister Act."Wow. I never got that call and I said, "WHAT!?" It was so perfect. The guy's in prison, he gets out of prison and he chases her down. My agent said, "Harvey, you're not in the movie." I said, "No!" So there you go. <div type="image" title="Harvey Keitel looking down on a sitting Whoopi Goldberg" height="752" width="1200" msid="83847700" hostid="261"></div>Now, Harvey, they are currently <a href="https://ew.com/movies/sister-act-3-whoopi-goldberg-disney-plus/">making a third movie</a> for Disney+. They are? Yeah. Let's get you in that!Okay, let's give them that plot. Finally, her ex-boyfriend gets out of jail and chases her down. I'm going to end this with something I have to know because I have never really ever heard your side of this story. Have you ever or do you still have resentment towards Francis Ford Coppola for him recasting you in "Apocalypse Now" with Martin Sheen?Life happens as it happens. I'm not sad about anything or resent anything except there has been a blurring of the truth. And it's that blurring of the truth that I still find upsetting. I'm not upset with Francis, he did what he felt he had to do. But there's a blurring of the truth and I don't feel good about that.<div type="image" title="Harvey Keitel on the set of Apocalypse Now" height="757" width="959" msid="83847705" hostid="261"></div>So what's the truth? Let's set it straight.Well, I'll give you one little piece of it. I believe in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coppolas-Monster-Film-Making-Apocalypse/dp/1476664250">the book on the making of the movie</a> they said Harvey Keitel didn't like the jungle. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MevcDAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA106&amp;lpg=PA106&amp;dq=conditions+in+the+jungle+apocalypse+now+steven+travers&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=J_VGANcv6o&amp;sig=ACfU3U108H7ZSw3CDfClCAiwKUCJOK7_5w&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjE5buoyq7xAhVNF1kFHRWnCboQ6AEwGXoECBUQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=conditions%20in%20the%20jungle%20apocalypse%20now%20steven%20travers&amp;f=falsecalypse%20now%20steven%20travers&amp;f=false">Didn't want to stay in the jungle</a>. Well, Harvey Keitel spent three years in the United States Marines Corps in the jungle. So, that's a taste. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Harvey Keitel sets the record straight on his 'Apocalypse Now' recasting; talks Tarantino, and wishing he was in 'Sister Act 2'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>It's hard to imagine a world now without the "Taylor's Version" albums. </li><li>But the singer wasn't sold on the idea at first. </li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-net-worth-spending-2018-8">Taylor Swift</a> may have <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-breaks-record-most-no-1-albums-women-2023-7">broken history with the chart-topping success of her rerecorded albums</a>.But it turns out Swift herself wasn't sold on the concept at first.The songstress told <a target="_blank" href="https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/">TIME's Sam Lansky</a> that she had initially brushed aside suggestions to rerecord her music. The magazine named her its <a target="_blank" href="https://time.com/6342816/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift-choice/">2023 Person of the Year</a> on Wednesday."I'd run into Kelly Clarkson and she would go, 'Just redo it.' My dad kept saying it to me too," Swift told Lansky."I'd look at them and go, 'How can I possibly do that?' Nobody wants to redo their homework if on the way to school, the wind blows your book report away,'" she continued.Fortunately for the fans, Swift eventually changed her mind. She has since released re-dos of four albums — "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-fearless-rerecord-release-date-unreleased-songs-2021-2">Fearless</a>", "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version">Red</a>", "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/speak-now-taylors-version-vault-tracks-details-lyrics-breakdown-2023-7">Speak Now</a>", and "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-1989-best-worst-songs-taylors-version-2023-10">1989</a>." Fans are still anxiously anticipating the re-release of her <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-by-quality-best-worst-2023-3#9-taylor-swift-2">self-titled debut album</a> and 2017's "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-by-quality-best-worst-2023-3#10-reputation-1">Reputation</a>."Swift <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-will-absolutely-re-record-her-masters-2019-8">announced her plan to rerecord her music</a> back in August 2019, after <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-sale-big-machine-2019-6">Scooter Braun bought her first record label</a>, Big Machine. Braun's acquisition meant he'd become the owner of the master copies of Swift's first six albums."I learned about Scooter Braun's purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I've received at his hands for years," Swift said in a <a target="_blank" href="https://taylorswift.tumblr.com/post/185958366550/for-years-i-asked-pleaded-for-a-chance-to-own-my">Tumblr blog post</a> in June 2019, adding that she was "sad and grossed" out by the turn of events.Braun eventually <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/scooter-braun-sells-taylor-swift-masters-300-million-big-machine-2020-11">sold the rights to Swift's masters to an investment fund</a> in November 2020.That, however, hasn't altered Swift's decision to reclaim her music catalog. If anything, Swift seems to have come to enjoy the process of recording her work."I'm collecting horcruxes. I'm collecting infinity stones. Gandalf's voice is in my head every time I put out a new one. For me, it is a movie now," Swift told TIME.Representatives for Swift did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Keitel really wanted to be in "<keyword id="66679" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="sister-act">Sister Act</keyword> 2."</li><li>"My agent said, 'Harvey, you're not in the movie,'" he told Insider.</li><li>Keitel has only starred in one sequel of the <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> he's been in: "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."</li></ul><keyword id="593874" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Harvey-Keitel">Harvey Keitel</keyword> has had an incredible career that has seen him shine in everything from "Pulp Fiction" to "The Irishman," but the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that out of all his movies there's only one he ever wanted to star in its sequel."The one sequel I wanted to do, I thought I was going to do, I was waiting for that call, was 'Sister Act,'" Keitel <a href="https://www.insider.com/harvey-keitel-interview-quentin-tarantino-sister-act-apocalypse-now-2021-6">told Insider</a>.The 1992 comedy stars <keyword id="248017" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Whoopi-Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</keyword> as a nightclub singer who takes refuge in a convent when she witnesses her mob boyfriend (Keitel) kill an informant.The movie was a hit and led to the sequel a year later, "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit," starring Goldberg who's now teaching a catholic school choir that included Lauryn Hill.But it didn't star Keitel and the actor admitted he was disappointed."I never got that call and I said, 'What!?'" the 82-year-old actor said. "It was so perfect. The guy's in prison. He gets out of prison and he chases her down. My agent said, 'Harvey, you're not in the movie.' I said, 'No!'"<div type="image" title="Harvey Keitel with sunglasses on" height="1704" width="2279" msid="83932770" hostid="261"></div>In fact, out of all the movies Keitel has done, he's only shown up in a sequel to one of them: 2007's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," the sequel to 2004's "National Treasure."Keitel admitted through he's tried to be anti-sequel in his career."I'm not very big on sequels," he said. "Now, I like to make money like anyone else does, but sometimes there's an unwillingness on my part to simply cash in."However, he certainly has a soft spot for "Sister Act." When told that a third movie is in the works for Disney+, the actor got excited."Let's give them that plot. Finally, her ex-boyfriend gets out of jail and chases her down," he said.Keitel can currently be seen in the movie "Lansky," centered on the life of gangster Meyer Lansky. The movie is out now in theaters and On Demand.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Keitel is upset the perception is that he was recast because he couldn't work in the jungle.</li><li>"<keyword id="593874" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Harvey-Keitel">Harvey Keitel</keyword> spent three years in the United States Marines Corps in the jungle," he told Insider.</li><li>After a week of shooting, Keitel was replaced by <keyword id="40052" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="martin-sheen">Martin Sheen</keyword> in the movie.</li></ul>One of the most famous movie recastings in Hollywood is when <keyword id="79181" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Francis-Ford-Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</keyword> changed up the lead actor for his 1979 war movie "Apocalypse Now."Originally Harvey Keitel was cast in the role of Willard, who's on the hunt to assisinate a rogue Army Special Forces officer. Still, after only a week of shooting, Coppola brought in Martin Sheen for the role and the rest is history. Both the movie and Sheen's performance have become landmark works.Over 40 years later, Keitel is still a little upset by what happened on the Philippines set."I'm not sad about anything or resent anything except there has been a blurring of the truth," the 82-year-old Keitel <a href="https://www.insider.com/harvey-keitel-interview-quentin-tarantino-sister-act-apocalypse-now-2021-6">told Insider</a> while promoting his latest movie, "Lansky.""I'm not upset with Francis. He did what he felt he had to do," Keitel continued. "But there's a blurring of the truth and I don't feel good about that."When asked to explain what he meant, Keitel said he would give a "little piece of it."<div type="image" title="Harvey Keitel on the set of Apocalypse Now" height="757" width="959" msid="83873573" hostid="261"></div>"I believe in the book on the making of the movie they said Harvey Keitel didn't like the jungle; didn't want to stay in the jungle," he said. "Well, Harvey Keitel spent three years in the United States Marines Corps in the jungle."Insider reached out to reps for Coppola on Keitel's comments, but didn't get a response.Keitel is referring to the book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coppolas-Monster-Film-Making-Apocalypse/dp/1476664250">Coppola's Monster Film: The Making of 'Apocalypse Now.'</a>" It chronicles Coppola's journey to find an actor to play Willard, the soldier in the movie who is tasked with having to go behind enemy lines and assassinate Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a colonel who has lost his mind.Originally, Coppola wanted Steve McQueen to play Willard, but when that didn't materialize he tried booking Sheen. However, Sheen wasn't available. So Coppola turned to Keitel, who impressed in Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets" and "Taxi Driver." (Coppola and Scorsese were good friends.)<div type="image" title="Harvey Keitel with sunglasses on" height="1704" width="2279" msid="83873575" hostid="261"></div>But once they got to the Philippines to shoot the movie, Coppola had a change of heart about Keitel."I could see [Keitel] was very uncomfortable about conditions in the jungle," <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MevcDAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA106&amp;lpg=PA106&amp;dq=conditions+in+the+jungle+apocalypse+now+steven+travers&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=J_VGANcv6o&amp;sig=ACfU3U108H7ZSw3CDfClCAiwKUCJOK7_5w&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjE5buoyq7xAhVNF1kFHRWnCboQ6AEwGXoECBUQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=conditions%20in%20the%20jungle%20apocalypse%20now%20steven%20travers&amp;f=falsecalypse%20now%20steven%20travers&amp;f=false">Coppola is quoted</a> as saying in the book. "And I thought, Not only do I think he's wrong casting, but what's it going to be like for six months in these difficult conditions in the jungle for a city guy who's afraid of it? I just decided to make this tough decision.""Harvey's always been gracious about it, so I'd say that this was just one of the most difficult things that happen," the director continued. "But I feel I made the right decision for the picture."Coppola flew back to Los Angeles and convinced Sheen to star on the movie.Thankfully things worked out for Keitel after the recasting. He went on to build a legendary career, starring in <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> like "Bad Lieutenant," "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction." He also earned an Oscar nomination for playing gangster Mickey Cohen in "Bugsy."

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