Buscemi said “This is one of the best parts I’ve ever had in my life… To play a character who is ambitious, certainly has a dark side, but has a lot of humor and genuinely has a good heart and wants to share the wealth with the world.”
Martin Scorsese is the executive producer of the underworld story set in the 1920’s. World War One had ended, women had the right to vote and prohibition was the law.
When “Boardwalk Empire” creator and executive producer Terence Winter called Steve Buscemi to tell him that he had landed the lead role in HBO’s new epic series about Atlantic City in the 1920s, the highly respected actor didn’t believe it; Winter had to break the news to him twice. [Los Angeles Times]
Craig Blankenhorn: I’ve written before on the subject of why Steve Buscemi deserves chunkier parts. And apparently the folks behind the forthcoming HBO show Boardwalk Empire — a brains trust that includes Martin Scorsese and Sopranos scribe Terence Winter — agree. Certainly Buscemi is front and center in the new trailer for the Prohibition-era gangster show in which he plays criminally-minded Atlantic City notable “Nucky” Johnson. [Entertainment Weekly]
The idea for the new show comes from an unlikely source: a book written by a New Jersey historian. [Huffington Post]
Martin Scorsese is moving forward with his new series for HBO. The network has bought 12 episodes of Boardwalk Empire including the pilot, and Scorsese and his crew were seen filming recently in Brooklyn. (Paste Magazine)
