The real Jake La Motta and his final wife Denise Baker can be seen sitting on bar stools in the center background in the bar room scene where two guys approach Jake's table and to shake his hand and say hello to him. Denise later says, you are like Santa Claus to them.
Filmed in 2012.
Jake LaMotta, Joe Allegro (executive producer) Pat Follini (Jake LaMotta's sister in law) talked about real life tough guy Chuck Zito (Oz, Sons of Anarchy, HomeFront) to play Jake LaMotta when production first began.
Jake LaMotta was famously played by Robert De Niro in director Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull .1980). Forsythe and Del Niro appeared in two movies together: Once Upon A Time In America (1984) and City By The Sea (2001)