Never really cared for Steve Buscemi‘s casting as a crime boss in Boardwalk Empire. Excellent character actor, not a leading man. Still a great show.

Submitted by Moon-Unity t3_10ye5p0 in television

Anyone else feel this way? Love the series, probably one of the most well made shows in history. The fact that it was able to convey so much weight and drama using such little dialogue and exposition was remarkable and fascinating to me. Although this created a much slower pace and required patience, it always paid off. I still never liked Buscemi in that role, however.

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mjackson4672 t1_j7xkl7s wrote

Nope, thought he was great in the role

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LeoIrish t1_j7xzsl7 wrote

I have to disagree - I thought he played it perfectly.

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positivfeedback t1_j7y5uy2 wrote

Disagree wholeheartedly. This was the best role of his career.

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KnotSoSalty t1_j7y1cfl wrote

I have the opposite feeling, that show had a murderous row of great actors but didn’t know what to do with them.

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mekonsrevenge t1_j7yevlj wrote

At first. I knew the actual guy was huge. But after a few episodes, I was good

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AnukkinEarthwalker t1_j7z46qp wrote

It's his best role for sure.

But I know what you mean. I wasn't buying it in the teasers and stuff I saw before the show aired.

And it did take me a bit to buy in but yea.. it's his best role

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sedeyus t1_j7xrmqc wrote

Yep. And Buscemi was out of place on The Sopranos. He needs to be more Mr. Pink, he's not a convincing tough guy (even if he's a real tough guy considering his firefighting experience.)

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