S E305: Season 16 - Episode 297 - Beyond the Godfather-Gianni Russo's Career in Film and TV
The Hollywood Godfather Podcast
GRI Entertainment
4.7 • 811 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the fascinating acting career of Gianni Russo, which began with his unforgettable role as Carlo Rizzi in the Godfather. From there, Gianni carved out a unique path in Hollywood appearing in iconic films like Striptease, Any Given Sunday, Seabiscuit, The Freshman, and Lepke to name a few. His talents extended to TV as well, with roles in The Rockford Files, Jake and the Fatman, Prison Break and many more. Join us as we explore the highlights of Gianni's dynamic career on both the big and the small screens.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Gianni Russo, aka Carlo, the infamous son-in-law from the godfather. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm now known as the Hollywood Godfather, and this is my story. |
| 0:13.0 | Before all of the wins in my portfolio, I was a little boy diagnosed with polio. |
| 0:19.0 | Experimenting with cures, I tried everyone. tried everyone felt everything in my right but my left was |
| 0:24.3 | numb walking with a limp like will i ever run once again or is this it am i for ever done living in the |
| 0:32.4 | hospital was never fun some people were cool but not everyone welcome everybody it's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. And Jeannie Raymond, my co-host, |
| 0:45.6 | and the brains behind the whole show. We're in trouble if I'm the brains. |
| 0:52.6 | Oh, no, no, no. |
| 0:54.4 | You, I keep hearing it. |
| 0:57.5 | People love your personality. |
| 1:00.1 | Personal friends of mine who've been listening to almost 300 hours now. |
| 1:04.9 | We're approaching 300 hours. |
| 1:07.6 | It's crazy. |
| 1:08.4 | It's almost six years of my life on this show. I love it. That's so crazy. Well, it's |
| 1:16.0 | sure fun. I enjoy it. You're my Monday night date. Well, thank God. Thank God for you. Everybody |
| 1:22.8 | loves you. That's so great. Thank you. But, you know, it's funny, as you know, the material for the show tonight. |
| 1:31.2 | Someone asked me if I was ever on a cover of magazine. |
| 1:36.8 | And for 52 years that I'm in this business since the Godfather, |
| 1:41.8 | I've only been on one cover. |
| 1:44.0 | And I'm so proud of this cover. |
| 1:46.4 | Everybody that comes to my house, |
| 1:48.7 | sees this on the wall, |
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