Claim: Actor Robert De Niro was caught on video yelling at anti-Israel protesters in New York City.
AP Assessment: Incorrect.
De Niro Was rehearsing A Netflix spokesperson told The Associated Press that a scene from its upcoming Netflix series “Zero Day” was filmed on a New York City street during production. His comments are part of the script and had nothing to do with the Israel-Hamas war or the protests surrounding it.
Facts: viz Police Creek Following college protests across the country, social media users are misrepresenting De Niro’s video, claiming it shows him expressing support for Israel.
A featured version of the video is labeled, “Robert De Niro Stands With Israel!” It shows the two-time Oscar winner speaking passionately to a crowd of people.
“It’s not a movie,” he says. “It’s not a movie, it’s real.”
He tells the crowd that they need to listen and let people do their jobs. He encourages people to offer their support, but stay behind barriers.
“If you want to keep talking nonsense, you have to go home,” he says. He later adds: “They say they’re going to do it again! Again! We don’t want that.”
The caption on the video makes it sound like the “it” he’s referring to is deadly. October 7 Attack by Hamas on Israel which provoked Current controversy. “They say they’re going to do it again! (October 7),” it read.
One X Post, which shared the mistakenly captioned video, said: “I’d like to thank the #ProHamas terrorist sympathizers for getting on everyone’s last nerve. Robert De Niro would have agreed. is and with his usual ‘fair’ admonishes them that they are marching for more #October7 carnage and ‘Go home!’
The footage was also misrepresented in posts suggesting the video was filmed at the University of California, Los Angeles, where the two had a “physical altercation”. The feuding factions Protesters this week. The posts referred to alleged protesters as “anti-Israeli” and “pro-Palestinian”.
But De Niro wasn’t admonishing the protesters, nor was he talking about real events. The actor was rehearsing a scene from “Zero Day”. Upcoming Netflix series In which he is acting. The series has been described as a “conspiracy thriller”.
“This is a rehearsal for a scene from the Netflix series that was shot on Saturday, April 27,” the streaming company told the AP, referring to the video circulating online. “It was part of a production.”
Netflix further confirmed that De Niro’s speech was from the show’s script and had nothing to do with the protests surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. The company added that while the production cameras were not rolling when the video was shot, filming took place that day in New York.
A subway entrance can be clearly seen in the background of the video with a telephone number with a New York area code.
De Niro’s spokesman Stan Rosenfeld called the social media claims “false” and confirmed that the video showed a scene from “Zero Day.”
Actor Jesse Plemons, who is working with De Niro as his character’s assistant, can be seen standing behind De Niro in the video.
Israel Hamas protests against war have emerged Many college campuses were affected by the protests at Columbia University. Police have arrested hundreds of people across the country since mid-April.
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