Scorsese toyed with buying a gun to threaten film studio

The Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese threatened to buy a gun in anger at a film studio's demands to cut scenes from Taxi Driver, according to a new docuseries about his life.

- Alexi Duggins

After suggested edits to his 1976 film, which starred Robert De Niro, he flew into such a fury that he discussed taking the law into his own hands.

"Marty was very upset," says Steven Spielberg. "We get a call at the office: 'Steve, Steve, it's Marty. Can you come over to the house? They want me to cut all the blood spurting, they want me to cut the guy who loses his hand?'"

"He was going crazy," adds fellow director Brian De Palma. "I mean, the story is he wanted to kill the head of the studio."