actor ray liotta will receive a posthumous star on the hollywood walk of fame honouring almost 50 years of amazing work in tv and on film after his turn in the 1986 film something wild playing henry hill in martin scorseses goodfellas was the moment that many cinephiles first discovered his charmstalking about the moment he knew that liotta was the perfect choice for hill scorsese says it wasnt during casting or even on set but when the two crossed paths ahead of the beginning of production reportsread alsojamie lee curtis excited about her first oscar nomination jokes that she is forcing husband christopher guest to come alongjamie lee curtis is on a roll the actress producer childrens author and activist recently attended the oscars luncheon dressed in a dapper light blue coat and was also clicked embracing tom cruise her slightly younger colleague the actor who turned 64 last year is flying high after herwe were thinking about just a few actors to play henry hill and ray was one of them scorsese tellsi had one concern i knew that he could handle a role like the one he had in something wild but here he would have to carry the whole picture he had to look like he could have come out of that world he had to have a certain innocence he had to have authority but most of all he needed charm as a counterweight to the violence and the horrifying behaviour i loved rays work we got along very well whenever we met and i knew we could work togetherbut still i wondered he admits and then something clicked into placescorsese said he was in venice for the last temptation of christ when they unexpectedly crossed pathsi was staying at the excelsior hotel i was crossing the lobby to do an interview and i saw ray waving to me on the other side of the room he was there with dominick and eugene he remembershe headed toward me to say hello and he was confronted by a phalanx of security anda he handled it perfectlynotwithstanding scorseses own celebrity last temptation generated a tidal wave of controversy for the filmmaker which required him to enlist additional protection death threats were issued for daring to adapt nikos kazantzakis portrait of jesus ray reacted very quietly very calmly politely he recalledhe allowed them to observe their protocols and he defused the situation he looked at me i looked at him we signaled to each other that we would talk at a more convenient moment and we went our separate ways shortly therafter scorsese officially selected him for the part i took a little more time to think about it but i realise now that i was just going through the motions he admits that was when i knew he would be henry hillliotta appears in almost every scene of goodfellas a responsibility he shoulders with ease and consistency on screen scorsese reveals that behind the scenes