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Sebastian Maniscalco: the record-breaking comic who impressed Scorsese
www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/20/sebastian-maniscalco-the-record-breaking-comic-who-impressed-scorsese

While at the Four Seasons, he would also have brushes with future collaborators, including his Irishman co-stars. “I remember exactly where Robert De Niro sat when he came in. We’d put mixed nuts plates on the table and he devoured the almonds and kind of mumbled he wanted more. I also waited on Al Pacino, who was alone in the backroom having tea.” A mere decade later, Maniscalco went from waiting on the Hollywood heavyweights to acting alongside them. In The Irishman, which examines the disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa, Maniscalco plays gangster “Crazy” Joe Gallo, a member of the Colombo crime family.

“This movie has the Italian superheroes of entertainment and it was one of the highlights of my career, if not the highlight,” he says of the shoot. “Scorsese was such a sweet man. I remember one day he took about an hour out sitting with us talking about how he grew up in New York. He’s just very pleasant and knows what he wants.”

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I think this is Tony Salerno in prison. BTW, Paul Sorvino played him in Kill the Irishman.

http://instagr.am/p/B2Kum8gAsvO

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deadline.com/2019/10/netflix-brings-out-heavyweights-in-the-irishman-the-two-popes-marriage-story-and-the-king-1202753193/

The panel closed with a surprise clip from Martin Scorsese’s true-life mob drama The Irishman, introduced by Anna Paquin, who plays Peggy, the daughter of Robert De Niro’s hitman character, Frank Sheeran. “I think Peggy, in very real way, is sort of the audience’s eyes, or conventional morality’s eyes, looking into the world that we’re telling the story of. She is literally the only person in Frank’s life that sees him for the dangerous, frightening human that he is and she isn’t just enjoying the perks of being a mobster’s kid. She’s sort of the moral compass.”

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www.backstreets.com/news.html

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT...
Stevie returns to the underworld in Scorsese's latest mob epic
Steven Van Zandt will appear briefly in The Irishman, playing the late singer Jerry Vale in Martin Scorsese's latest Mafia epic, which is based on Charles Brandt's non-fiction book I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa. Van Zandt has gone on record deeming I Heard You Paint Houses as "the best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all. It's so authentic."

SVZ and friend at The Irishman screening. pic.twitter.com/1OebfyyO2z
— Maureen Van Zandt (@mvzagogo) September 28, 2019

Stevie becomes the second E Street Band member to appear in a Scorsese film, following Clarence Clemons' small role in the 1977 musical drama New York, New York, starring Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli. Since the storyline of The Irishman, which also stars De Niro, deals much with Philadelphia-based organized crime in the 1970s, there's yet another Bruce Springsteen connection to be found in the film: the appearance of the late Philly mafioso Phil "The Chicken Man" Testa, who's played by actor Larry Romano and previously was immortalized in the opening line of Springsteen's "Atlantic City."

The Irishman will launch a limited theatrical run on November 1 and then become available for streaming on Netflix beginning November 27.
- October 1, 2019 - Shawn Poole reporting

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Kathrine Narducci talks working on 'The Irishman'
video.foxnews.com/v/6091872742001/#sp=show-clips

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www.amny.com/entertainment/the-irishman-jesse-plemons-1.37269107?fbclid=IwAR1jhGF1r94uBPJdGlCSPmgF1e8p5cPXVPXjoVQXpYrkMKRUV_LwAPhPvPY

Plemons spoke to amNewYork about becoming Chuckie and digging into director Martin Scorsese’s world.

This film examines the complex morality of men in the mob. As an actor, how was it to see that mob world reframed in this way?

The feeling that you get from the script, it felt almost educational in a way — the insights to the way these people speak and communicate and the code words — but then seeing the film, it was much more human than most films like this are.

How was it shooting in New York? Any first impressions?

My first impressions were, the people. I loved the people. I’m from a tiny town in Texas, so the first few times I came here I was pretty overwhelmed with the sensory overload. The conversations you have with strangers are much different from the ones you have in Los Angeles, I can say that.

How was Scorsese as a director?

He’s as generous and welcoming as [anyone] I’ve worked with. I did definitely have some nerves in that first meeting, but pretty soon after I met him he put me right at ease.

There’s so much speculation about the role that Chuckie had in Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance. How was your prep for this role?

[It was] whatever I could find online. The production tracked down an audio recording of him maybe four days before I started, which was wonderful — and pretty terrifying with how last minute that was. It definitely helped just to have some idea of who he was and how he sounded rather than just reading about him.

Martin Scorsese also is the king of bringing pockets of levity to what would otherwise be a grim film. The fish scene, where you’re describing the saga of picking up a fish, really encapsulates that. Did you get a chance to play around with the dialogue during that car ride?

We did! I think I read that it was his longest shoot yet so my second scene was a piece of that and then the last thing I shot however many months later was also that scene. Reading it, it’s kind of classic Scorsese dialogue that you kind of have to work hard to mess up. It’s really just so perfect at that moment. He did end up picking a longer take where we did improvise a little bit.

Throughout the film we see Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s terrific chemistry. Al Pacino is explosive while Robert De Niro is meditative and you’re right in the middle of that. How was it acting in that space with them?

It was just incredible to witness. You’re right, they have such different, unique styles but my favorite scene was the second meeting that Hoffa has with Tony Pro when he shows up in the shorts. Frank is just trying to reel him in, but he’s also so entertained by his temper, you know? They’re just an odd and incredible pairing.

There’s been talk about the CGI that was used for de-aging and how realistic it looks. As an actor, how do you feel about the advancement of that technology?

Well, most technological advances have positive and negative effects. This is about as positive as you can get. To see these actors play these characters at every stage of their life is something that I don’t think anyone thought was possible until recently. So in that regard, it’s really exciting. I hope we don’t get to a point where we’re obsolete [laughs] and they can just sort of create the movies without actors.

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Go To 1:45. Joe talks about The Irishman (Even though he doesn`t want to... )

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