Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz recreate classic scene from Taxi Driver for stunning new Scorsese tribute pictorial

By Sophie Forbes

Last updated at 7:17 AM on 13th October 2011

It is one of the most iconic scenes in modern cinema history.

But Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz have stunningly recreated the hotel room sequence from the Oscar nominated 1976 film Taxi Driver.

The shot is part of a Harper's Bazaar pictorial in honor of the film's director Martin Scorsese to celebrate his latest release and take a look back over some of his most famous movie moments.

Taxi driver: Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz recreate the iconic scene from the Oscar nominated movie for a new spread in Harper's Bazaar

Flashback: The original film from 1976 featured a 12-year-old Jodie Foster and Robert De Niro

The 15-year-old Kick Ass actress portrayed the role made famous buy a 12-year-old Jodie Foster - a role which in turn made her a star and catapulted her career.

Keanu, 47, took on the job of imitating Robert De Niro's damaged and dangerous Travis Bickle, a mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran with a murderous streak.

In the shot, Chloe lounges on a couch in a provocative tummy-bearing ensemble while a concerned Keanu sits on an ottoman close by, while the pair converse.

'There's an aura about him,' Moretz said of the famed director.

'He knows how to get that thing that makes it a Scorsese film; it's completely unspoken. But I haven't seen Taxi Driver yet. My mom won't let me watch it.'

Gangs of New York: Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and Jack Huston re-lived a moment from the ensemble cast movie which originally starred Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio

The original: Leonardo Di Caprio and Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York

The picture is part of a collection, shot by fashion photographer Jason Schmidt for the November issue of Harper's Bazaar U.S.

Also shot as part of the collection was Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and Jack Huston, who relived a moment from the 2002 ensemble cast movie Gangs Of New York which originally starred Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The pair were shot intensely dancing through the dark set in the film which was set in 1863.

Waiting time: the spread also features Emily Blunt as Alice from Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Food fight? Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Anymore in 1974

The Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt portrayed Alice from the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore which featured Big Love star Ellen Burstyn.

Accompanying the pictures were several commentaries from Scorsese's leading men and ladies about their experiences working with the legend.

'When we were shooting Taxi Driver, I think Marty was really uncomfortable with the fact that I was so young,' Jodie Foster said of the mastermind.

'The memory I have is of him and Robert De Niro trying to tell me how to unzip [De Niro’s] pants. And Marty keeps bursting out laughing. He can’t get a word out, and he tries to act serious, you know? He keeps smoothing down his face on both sides, but he just keeps laughing. And then De Niro decides he’s going to take over because he can do it.'

Starring role: Chloe Moretz channels Jodie Foster in the iconic role

Career break: Jodie Foster in the 1976 film New York New York

Meanwhile, Tom Cruise had a lighter memory of the 68-year-old ten time Oscar winner.

'I met Marty a few years before I worked with him, in '82 in L.A. Then I was shooting Top Gun and he offered me The Color of Money to do with [Paul] Newman.'

'When we started working together, Marty would just giggle. And it was wonderful because sometimes in the more violent scenes, like when I got pissed and was going down the stairs and throwing down the briefcase, you could just hear him giggle.'

'At night, I'd go down to Marty's parents' room and have a family dinner. His mom Catherine's lemon chicken, the pasta—incredible.'

'Even after we stopped filming, I'd go over to his parents' house and have Italian food any time I'd want. I'd call ahead, and they'd make my favorite dishes, and I'd stay with them for a night.'

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