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Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have teamed up once again to tell the story of a notorious, real-life mob hitman in the film "The Irishman." The story is based on a novel written by Charles Brandt titled "I Heard You Paint Houses." To make De Niro fit the role perfectly, the Oscar-winning director applied modern technology so the actor can appear younger.

Martin Scorsese has been known to create movies that had in-depth basis and those that had tremendous authenticity. For his upcoming film "The Irishman," the director turned to digital technology and made Robert De Niro travel through the many timelines of the film by making him look younger than ever.

As reported by Slash Film, De Niro will portray Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran who once killed 25 people and claimed to have been a party  to the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, another gangster known during the 1970s. After Sheeran came home from World War II, he became a hitman and hustler for the mob where he climbed his way up to the top.

Since the movie involved telling a story that had an expansive timeline, Scorsese used prosthetics make-up along with technology to make De Niro's portray his character, "The Irishman," the entire time of filming.

First, Sheeran was portrayed during his 20s, then up until he was 40 and 60 by De Niro himself. In fact, the image that showed De Niro in "The Irishman" trailer as a young fellow looked believable.

According to fans on a Reddit thread, the artistic application of Scorsese to De Niro's character was quite impressive. In fact, the move was referred to as a 'theatrical' application which gave more authenticity to the realistic movie they told.

Catch Robert De Niro look younger than ever in "The Irishman" which will release on early 2017.