sydbarrett
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Has anybody seen the new show on HBO called Vinyl? I love this show. It is about the music industry in 1973, and they're doing a great job reliving that period in music. Martin Scorcese and Mick Jagger are executive producers, and it stars Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, and Ray Romano.
Bobby Cannavale is a powerhouse of an actor. I'm not familiar with much of what he has done, thus far, in Hollywood, but I'm surprised I've only become aware of him in the last few years. I first saw him in another great HBO show called Boardwalk Empire. His role on Boardwalk was short lived (literally), but he owned every scene he was in. I then saw him on the tv show Modern Family as a clown (wtf?!). When I heard that both he and Olivia were going to star in this new HBO show, it immediately caught my interest, and the Vinyl has exceeded my expectations. I always liked Ray Romano, but this show explores a different side to his acting - he has his comedic moments, but his character in Vinyl is traveling down a darker road. I didn't know he had these kind of acting chops. I also haven't seen Olivia in anything but the great clips you good folk kindly supply here at NCF, and the movie Cowboys and Aliens. She can act. Like Cannavale, she has a presence in every scene, and it goes beyond her killer looks and full bush/merkin.
Hopefully, HBO won't kill this show prematurely, like they did Boardwalk (a friend of mine played one of Al Capone's henchmen). HBO has a great ability of casting great actors, even if they aren't always well known, but they miscast Steve Buscemi, an actor I usually like, as Enoch Thompson. Maybe it had to do with the time period that Boardwalk was set in, but I think casting Buscemi as the lead character didn't help in catching people's interest.
Bobby Cannavale is a powerhouse of an actor. I'm not familiar with much of what he has done, thus far, in Hollywood, but I'm surprised I've only become aware of him in the last few years. I first saw him in another great HBO show called Boardwalk Empire. His role on Boardwalk was short lived (literally), but he owned every scene he was in. I then saw him on the tv show Modern Family as a clown (wtf?!). When I heard that both he and Olivia were going to star in this new HBO show, it immediately caught my interest, and the Vinyl has exceeded my expectations. I always liked Ray Romano, but this show explores a different side to his acting - he has his comedic moments, but his character in Vinyl is traveling down a darker road. I didn't know he had these kind of acting chops. I also haven't seen Olivia in anything but the great clips you good folk kindly supply here at NCF, and the movie Cowboys and Aliens. She can act. Like Cannavale, she has a presence in every scene, and it goes beyond her killer looks and full bush/merkin.
Hopefully, HBO won't kill this show prematurely, like they did Boardwalk (a friend of mine played one of Al Capone's henchmen). HBO has a great ability of casting great actors, even if they aren't always well known, but they miscast Steve Buscemi, an actor I usually like, as Enoch Thompson. Maybe it had to do with the time period that Boardwalk was set in, but I think casting Buscemi as the lead character didn't help in catching people's interest.
