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Susan Sarandon and Martin Scorsese try and fail to squash the beef between their children in the latest social media sketch from Jack Henry Robbins and Francesca Scorsese, Variety can exclusively reveal.
The last major
development in the “nepo-verse” short series saw Francesca blow up Robbins’ car, an escalation that forced Martin and Sarandon to step in as formal adjudicators. Of course, the meeting between them all doesn’t go as planned, and the wrath of Francesca and the parents’ indifference leads only to more pain for Robbins.
In one moment, Francesca reveals a taser, which she quickly turns on Robbins. He then whines to Martin, “She’s got a taser!” The “Taxi Driver” director is too busy with a stack of papers to look up, but tells his daughter, “Francesca, honey, remember: Taser pretty, but taser ouchie.”
During an earlier beat, Sarandon asks Francesca, “Can you say something nice about Jack? Ok, I know it’s a little tricky, but just look at him. Maybe you’ll get a clue. Dig deep, use your imagination.” Francesca, after thinking for a moment, then tells Robbins, “You’re tall. Like a monster.” Martin, excited by the progress, says, “Good! Great, cause people love monsters. They love them. They always identify with the monster; they empathize with the monster. That’s fantastic.”
Robbins told Variety that this collaboration came about after Francesca showed her dad one of his sketches. The Oscar winner was immediately down for a guest role, and Robbins wasted no time writing him into one of his sketches.
“[Martin] is such a talented actor, it’s crazy. Some of my favorite moments, he improvs,” Robbins said. “I tried my best not to embarrass myself, so I definitely tried to speak as little as humanly possible, but he’s absolutely phenomenal. I couldn’t believe that he wanted to be in my video.”
Robbins also had some praise for his mother, adding, “She’s so underratedly funny, and she was so sharp. That line about my eyebrows was completely improvised. Just watching, they’re such a cute duo, and I thought that my mom was so ready and on it. It was great.”
