Overview
- Scorsese’s essay, titled “Rob Reiner Was My Friend,” was published by the New York Times on Dec. 25 and mourns both Rob and Michele Reiner.
- He recalls meeting Reiner in the early 1970s and describes a natural affinity rooted in shared New York humor and a long personal friendship.
- Scorsese praises Misery and This Is Spinal Tap, and recounts casting Reiner as Max Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street for his delicacy and comic mastery.
- He writes of “profound sadness” and calls the killings “an obscenity, an abyss in lived reality,” envisioning the friend he still longs to see.
- Authorities say the couple were found dead on Dec. 14 in Brentwood; the medical examiner ruled multiple sharp-force injuries, and their son Nick, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder with an arraignment set for Jan. 7.