Moldova.ORG -- Robert De Niro topped a poll dedicated to the Most Shameless Paycheck-Grabbing Roles in History, as Digital Spy reports.

The six-time Academy Award nominee won the award for his role in the children's film “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”.

"He was the young Vito Corleone. He was Travis Bickle. He was Jake La Motta, Rupert Pupkin and Al Capone. He's been nominated for six Oscars. He is our greatest living actor. No question, no room for debate. And yet, there is that one little aberration. Little? Who am I kidding? One huge-ass aberration called “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”", said critic for Entertainment Weekly, who compiled the poll.

There is the top ten Most Shameless Paycheck-Grabbing Roles in History list:

1. Robert De Niro - The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2. Richard Burton - Exorcist II: The Heretic
3. Sir Ben Kingsley - BloodRayne
4. Tony Curtis - The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
5. Dennis Hopper - Super Mario Bros
6. Peter O'Toole - Club Paradise
7. Orson Welles - Transformers: The Movie
8. Judi Dench - The Chronicles of Riddick
9. Michael Caine - Jaws: The Revenge
10. Demi Moore - Striptease



Publication date: 25 January 2007   

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