Nick Annunziata - The Man Who Played Johnny Roselli
Gangland Wire
Gary Jenkins
4.6 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Gangland Wire, I speak with Nick Annunziata, known for his role as Chicago Outfit member Johnny Roselli in Mafia Spies, now playing on Paramount Plus+. We discussed his experience portraying Roselli. Nick relates that part of his preparation was to contact Albert Anastasia's grandson, who knew Roselli. We discuss some JFK assassination theories involving Roselli. Nick shares insights on working on several Sopranos Episodes. He played Eddie Pietro, underboss for Rusty Millio, played by the well-known singer Frankie Valli. In season six, titled Luxury Longue, Nick describes the scene in which Sicilian gunmen murder Rusty Millio and Eddie Pietro, as well as other memorable Soprano events. Nick emphasizes the value of authenticity, camaraderie among cast members, and staying true to his principles in the entertainment industry.
Among other things, Nick Annunziata is a world-class poker player, a certified weapons instructor, a musician, and a screenwriter.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome all you wiretoppers out there back here in the studio of Gangland Wire, and I have a really |
| 0:04.5 | unusual different show for you, and I know you're going to like it. If you watch Mafia Spies |
| 0:10.2 | that Thomas Meyer, I interviewed a couple of weeks ago, wrote that book, and they created this |
| 0:18.1 | docu-series about Johnny Roselli being involved with the CIA and trying |
| 0:23.8 | to kill Castro. It's a great docu-series. I just finished it myself, I think, this last weekend. |
| 0:30.8 | Well, you got to watch it. Now, I have the actor, Nick Anutziata, who played Johnny Roselli. Welcome, Nick. |
| 0:38.0 | Nice to be here, Gary. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:40.5 | So, Nick, you know, let's talk about you playing Johnny Roselli. I just want to compliment |
| 0:45.9 | you, first of all, and I don't usually do this, as these guys know. |
| 0:52.2 | I'm like Italian parents, you know. You you got to do a lot to impress me. |
| 0:57.2 | I mean, that's the truth. |
| 0:58.8 | You really captured without, you had no lines and you have really captured the |
| 1:05.0 | dangerousness and the coolness and the kind of, you know, swabbing and deboner, as we say, out in the country |
| 1:15.1 | of Johnny Roselli. You really captured that and got it across the audiences. There's no doubt |
| 1:20.6 | about it. So tell us about playing Johnny Roselli. Oh, Johnny Roseli. I've heard his name throughout my life in stories. |
| 1:30.9 | His affiliation, as far as the JFK assassination, you hear these things. |
| 1:38.0 | Albert Anastasia, everybody has heard of him, obviously, to listen to his show. |
| 1:42.6 | A friend of mine is friends with his son, and he's still alive. |
| 1:47.9 | He's in his 80s. |
| 1:48.7 | I'm not going to mention names, but I told him I was playing Johnny Rosselli in the Mafia |
| 1:52.2 | Spice series, so he connected me with this individual. |
| 1:56.7 | So I get on the phone and I say, he goes, hey, I hear you're playing Johnny |
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