'Taxi Driver' trivia and fun facts
The explicit scenes of Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster was 12 years old when the movie was filmed, so she could not do the more explicit scenes (her character was also 12 years old). Connie Foster, Jodie's older sister who was 19 when the film was produced, was cast as her body double for those scenes.
A totally unknown face
Robert De Niro has said that, despite having won an Oscar for 'The Godfather: Part II', he was still a relatively unfamiliar face and was only actually recognized once while driving a New York cab during his research for this film.
The loaded gun of the writer
Paul Schrader wrote the script of ''Taxi Driver'' in ten days via two drafts, one after the other. As he was writing, he kept a loaded gun on his desk for motivation and inspiration.
The intense work of De Niro
Robert De Niro worked fifteen hour days for a month driving cabs as preparation for this role. He also studied mental illness.