Things You May Not About Goodfellas Even If You Go As Far Back As You Can Remember

According To Hill, Crime Pays Better Than Hollywood

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According to The Telegraph, Hill was paid $500,000. However, Hill believed the money he made in his gangster days was nothing but chump change.

The vast wealth from his glory days hardly left him a rich man. Hill claimed he blew most of his mob money on partying and developed a gambling problem. Fun fact: one ex-mobster was so happy with Robert De Niro being in the film that he may have given him advice… or not. More on that later.