Brancato says he reconnected with De Niro (pictured together with Bronx Tale star Chazz Palminteri) following his release, visiting the set as the acclaimed actor and director shot a film near his home in the Bronx; he tells DailyMail.com that De Niro ‘was very happy to see me … was very genuinely concerned, asked me am I okay, are you okay now. I told him yeah, I’m okay – he was pleased to see that I turned my life around’