To be such a deviant, this man must have grown up in a world where nobody could be trusted, not even his own parents. To prepare for such a part, Assante's first interest is in "discovering what could create such a person. "He's a huge Mob boss in the tradition of a Joey Gallo or a John Gotti." Although Gotti was involved in a recent jury-tampering incident, Assante says, "The movie is not about the Gotti case." William Hurt, Gabriel Byrne and Joanna Whalley-Kilmer also star. Not a nice guy, but if you're in a war, he's the guy you want on your side. Assante describes his character as "a psychopathic deviant. Later this year Assante will be seen in a feature, "Trial by Jury," about the difficulty of prosecuting a Mafia kingpin who is willing to resort to jury tampering. As Shakespeare wrote, `If you prick us, do we not bleed?' " There seems to be some idea that he was born elsewhere but Armand has been a US citizen since the day he. "For `Q & A' I listened to tapes of Colombian drug lords talking. Here are a few things you might not have known about him. "I try to find the trait in those characters that somehow makes them empathetic, accessible, available. "People like to see me in those roles for some curious reason," he acknowledges. Profession, Actor, Producer, Soundtrack Nationality, American Spouse, Karen McArn Children, Alessandra Assante, Anya Assante Parents, Armand Anthony Assante. His Mediterranean good looks place him comfortably in a silk suit ordering a hit as easily as a cappucino with a shrug and a wave of the hand. I can't make decisions that rapidly."Īssante is very castable as a gangster. The pace is so frenetic, I don't think I'd be of service. He has moved often between TV and films, though he tends to downgrade some of his TV work as "turning a buck because I have a family to support." As for series TV, "I've had huge, huge offers, but I'm not remotely interested.
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