Cannavale is the perfect actor to bridge the punk and the godfather.
His character onBoardwalk Empiregrew up in a cave in Sperlinga, Sicily.
Dr. Cruz onNurse Jackiewas Cuban, but was defined by something entirely different.
Cannavale had his first film roles inNight Falls on Manhattanin 1997 andThe Bone Collectorwith Denzel Washington in 1999.
Cannavale was married to Lumets daughter at the time.
When the series ended (too soon), Cannavale closed out the last five episodes ofAlly McBealin 2002.
He also starred on the miniseriesKingpinthat year.
(2004), which starred Richard Gere.
On stage, Bobby starred in theThe Motherfucker With the Hatwith Chris Rock and Annabella Sciorra on Broadway.
He also read the audio book version of Ed Falcos 2012 novelThe Family Corleone.
Gyp Rosetti was a punk working for the godfather.
These guys are loose cannons in a world of untethered armaments.
Gyp Rosetti was one of my favorite characters inBoardwalk Empire.
He was efficient and he was totally warped.
Sometimes the man exuded charm and class, other times he acted like a jungle monkey.
The guy grew up in a cave and had a series of rather progressive sexual fetishes, like gigantism.
He wanted to be a bug crushed under the feet of a beautiful giantess.
Id never heard of that particular fetish until the show but apparently, its a thing.
Rosettis peccadillos didnt thwart his ruthless gangster temper though.
The next time I saw Cannavale was as the corporate obstetrician on ShowtimesNurse Jackie.
Dr. Cruz was everything the audience was just loving to hate.
He had it all.
What did he think he was doing?
Painting the Sisteenth Roof?
Whats not to hate, right?
Well, you couldnt.
But then his kid Charlie, played by Cannavales son Jake, dies of an overdose.
We should really hate the guy.
Have fun hating on him like he was King Joffrey onGame of Thronesor something, but we cant.
Its not just that we know his backstory and are empathic.
Its pure acting that is so raw and effective we love this guy, care deeply for him.
They even got Ray Romano to play an ambiguous part, everybodys going to love that, right?
The trailers forVinylhave shown Cannavales record producer dancing with wild abandon at punk clubs in Studio 54-ready leisure suits.
