Not so funny now

News that he was to be cast in a key role in a biopic of John Gotti, the real life Mafia godfather known as the Teflon Don, sent Joe Pesci straight into the kitchen.

Much pasta, and a couple of stone later, the actor who came to fame in Raging Bull, Home Alone and GoodFellas – and who an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny – learned his supporting role had changed to a far smaller one and his fee had consequently been cut.

Fortunately he was not  in character when he got the news, and so instructed his lawyers to sue the producers of the Gotti film, who themselves have vowed to contest the case.