Looking for inspiration for how to play the Drowsy Chaperone character Aldolpho AND HIS ACTOR, Roman Bartelli, a silent film star, and a raging alcoholic. To me Bartelli says "Italian American" (though do tell me if that's generalising too much, I'm from the UK), and I was wondering if there are any famous old-school Italian American actors who I could study to learn there mannerisms while "out of character".
Absolutely killing us that we can't remember what this guy was in, though we're now fairly certain he was in the Irishman. Thank you for your help!
Ok, hear me out : movies like the Irishman, goodfellas or the green book, which are directed by well respected directors should get an Italian coach to help out with the language. I mean, I think it's a bit underwhelming that movies with a budget like the ones I mentioned don't bother to get their Italian right. Mistakes that range from pronounce (very understandable) to simple grammatical mistakes (very avoidable) or just straight made up words, show a lack of care and the final product should take less credit for it. I don't understand why the critics are so hasty on their praise. Bad Italian should equal bad ratings. I understand that these movies are usually a product that comes out of hollywood, but still. These movies are watched everywhere on planet earth and definitely make the experience less immersive in my opinion.
Source : I'm Italian.
Then there is Jim Gandolfini, who seems to thrive on the apartment-hopping life. Since moving to New York City four years ago, Mr. Gandolfini, 26 years old, has never had his name on a lease, never paid more than $400 a month in rent and never lived in one place more than 10 months. His wanderer’s existence has given him sojourns, some as brief as two months, in Hoboken, N.J.; Astoria, Queens; Clinton and the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and Park Slope and Flatbush in Brooklyn.
”Moving, to me, is no big deal,” said Mr. Gandolfini, whose calling is the theater but whose living comes mostly from bartending and construction. ”I have a system down. I throw everything in plastic garbage bags and can be situated in my new place in minutes. Without my name on a lease, I’m in and out. I have no responsibilities.”
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/29/realestate/the-apartment-gypsies-of-manhattan.html
For example
Italian: Spaghetti, lasagna, ravioli, pesto, gnocchi
Mexican: Burritos, tacos, enchiladas, tostadas
American: Ribs, burgers, hot dogs
Then if you google that cuisine you might find dishes you've never heard of but sound great to add to your list.
So I had this really funky, vivid dream and this guy was in it. I know his face and I know he is an actor, but I can't remember his name or what movies he has been in, though I am pretty certain he is usually a bad guy. He is less famous than any of the big Italian American actors.
As far as a can recall, he usually has slicked back hair, possibly a small mole on his cheek, his face is kind of long and looks like a young Robert DeNiro.
I feel like he played, at least a couple of times, the bad guy in a comedy movie.
It's really grinding on me as to who he is.
If anyone can help me figure out who he is, I'll be forever grateful.
Thank you
Edit: he may have been a mafia type character in one of those comedy movies mentioned above
Is there any young PURE BLOOD filipino who is over the top famous?
I think the title sums it up pretty well, but I'd like to know if the US's reaction to the war was any bit helpful. 100s of thousands of people's lives were destroyed and it had little value.
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For all those complaining about the VIPs acting - which I agree was shit - it gets even worse.
At least one of these actors is the living, breathing stereotype of the chauvinist American "expat" in Asia.
Y'all thought the English writing in Squid Game was bad? Naw. Think again. That shit was a documentary. This is the real life bullshit being spewed by some of these folks - including this actor that appeared in Squid Game.
He says: "Go f*** yourself. I'm an American, I do what I want, we're the kings of the world, OK?"
^This wasn't in the script. This was real life assholery in action.
According to this post some of the VIP lines were ad-libbed at the request of the director. Now, some of the actors who played VIPS are trying to deflect off their corny-ass performances by blaming the script only, blaming the director wanting zero improv. Hmm color me skeptical. Seems like he let them ad lib at least some of that bullshit. And for at least one of them, those ugly words roll off their tongue way more naturally IRL than any thing they said in Squid Game.
