When Nicholson pulled a gun on DiCaprio during ‘The Departed’ shoot

NEW YORK - Jack Nicholson pulled a gun on co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to bring the edge in a scene of ‘The Departed,’ reveals director Martin Scorsese.

“The first thing Jack did was sniff the glass and say, ‘I smell a rat’.. And then he pulled a gun on him,” the New York Post quoted Scorsese as telling told Richard Schickel for his upcoming book, ‘Conversations With Scorsese.’He didn’t tell me he had a gun. It was great… we took a lot out, but Leo’s reaction is real-time.

“I still get chills, when Nicholson says, ‘I smell a rat.’ It’s so real to me,” he said. (ANI)