US actor De Niro in town on private visit
By Noorsila Abd Majid, The Star
He had reportedly told the Prime Minister’s wife: “You are very progressive, you are very engaging. I would like to come to your country.”
And Rosmah had reportedly responded: “Please come because, otherwise, you would listen to all the wrong things about Malaysia. It is very important to put things in the right perspective.”
KUALA LUMPUR: Hollywood star Robert De Niro is in town on a private visit.
The Oscar winner flew in via Singapore late on Thursday evening, an Immigration Department source at the KL International Airport told the Daily Chilli, a news portal of The Star.
“He checked in using a different name,” the source said yesterday. “He doesn’t want to be identified.”
The versatile actor, director and producer who is best remembered in classics like The Godfather: Part II, 1900, Raging Bull and The Good Shepherd is expected to stay in Malaysia until this weekend.
It is learnt that his visit here is at the invitation of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who met him in April during an event in New York.
Rosmah was quoted in a recent report as saying that De Niro had come to the event as a guest “and saw the other side of Malaysia”.
He had reportedly told the Prime Minister’s wife: “You are very progressive, you are very engaging. I would like to come to your country.”
And Rosmah had reportedly responded: “Please come because, otherwise, you would listen to all the wrong things about Malaysia. It is very important to put things in the right perspective.”
A Hollywood film industry source said the 66-year-old actor is scheduled to meet the Prime Minister’s wife during his stay here.
