In 1982, Rosenthal survived a car bombing, an event re-enacted in "Casino." (Soundbite of movie "Casino") Mr. ROBERT DE NIRO: (As Sam Rothstein) They put the dynamite under the passenger's side.

Robert De Niro, in the 1995 film Casino, buys a 1981 Cadillac Eldorado ... so it's off to the bombing range with their new-to-them 1981 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz! Related: Please don't blow ...

De Niro racked up a lot of frequent flyer miles to research the mobbed-up Frank Rosenthal-type character in "Casino," the set-in-Vegas classic. "I wanted him to be a consultant but he couldn't ...

whose bomb squad responded, reports The New York Times. The police closed off several blocks around the building that houses the film company and De Niro’s restaurant Tribecca Grill.

This article originally appeared on IndieWire. Robert De Niro was in the news last fall after a suspicious package containing a pipe bomb was sent to his Tribeca production office in New York ...