Schrader said, “Now, I don’t want to slag De Niro, but a lot of his decisions sometimes have financial motivations,” adding, “I’m sure someone had said to him, “You know, if you do Taxi Driver 2, they can pay.”
Apparently, De Niro talked to Scorcese about it too, and when Scorcese asked Schrader about it, he replied, “Marty, that’s the worst fu**ing idea I’ve ever heard.” But how bad was the idea exactly?