‘The Offer’: Joseph Russo To Play “Crazy” Joe Gallo In Paramount+’s Making Of ‘The Godfather’ Series
Exclusive: Joseph Russo (Jersey Boys) has been tapped to play “Crazy” Joe Gallo opposite Miles Teller and Matthew Goode in The Offer, Paramount+’s upcoming limited series about the making of The Godfather.
The Offer is based on two-time Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s (Teller) experience of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo from Puzo’s bestselling novel. The movie starred Marlon Brando, Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and Talia Shire; it was nominated for 11 Oscars and won three — including Best Picture for Ruddy.
Russo’s wide-eyed and hopped up Gallo is a member of the Colombo family who has caused problems for everyone in the underworld. Only a day out of prison, Joe sees no reason to slow down or lie low. He has every intention of burning his rivals’ empires to the ground.
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The Offer is based on two-time Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s (Teller) experience of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo from Puzo’s bestselling novel. The movie starred Marlon Brando, Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and Talia Shire; it was nominated for 11 Oscars and won three — including Best Picture for Ruddy.
Russo’s wide-eyed and hopped up Gallo is a member of the Colombo family who has caused problems for everyone in the underworld. Only a day out of prison, Joe sees no reason to slow down or lie low. He has every intention of burning his rivals’ empires to the ground.
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- 9/2/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Sokol Nov 28, 2019
You think your family is crazy? There are no families like mob families, and food scenes in gangster movies will kill you before they do.
Everybody knows the importance of food in mafia movies. The spread they lay out in The Godfather alone is enough to get your mouth watering. Sarah Vowell wrote an entire book deliciously entitled Take the Cannoli and she doesn’t even have a vowel at the end of her name. On TV, HBO’s The Sopranos put so much effort into the simple act of pouring wine that the very sound made me reach for peasant red.
These stories come out of real life. Mob bosses and captains did actually cook for and feed, not only their men, but the cops who were keeping surveillance outside. Not all of them, but enough. I happen to read a lot of true crime books,...
You think your family is crazy? There are no families like mob families, and food scenes in gangster movies will kill you before they do.
Everybody knows the importance of food in mafia movies. The spread they lay out in The Godfather alone is enough to get your mouth watering. Sarah Vowell wrote an entire book deliciously entitled Take the Cannoli and she doesn’t even have a vowel at the end of her name. On TV, HBO’s The Sopranos put so much effort into the simple act of pouring wine that the very sound made me reach for peasant red.
These stories come out of real life. Mob bosses and captains did actually cook for and feed, not only their men, but the cops who were keeping surveillance outside. Not all of them, but enough. I happen to read a lot of true crime books,...
- 11/24/2014
- Den of Geek
Performed by two-time Emmy® Award-winning actor and The Guiding Light star Tom Pelphrey, Joseph Gallo?s My Italy Story is a story of a young man from Hoboken, NJ who sets out to heal the rift that divides his family, and in the process traces his roots to a remote village in Italy, returning to America to face a surprising family secret.
- 5/28/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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