Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

This supporting act from a now defunct very hit pay cable show that is iconic, pulled the ultimate “rat” move by disclosing information, ignoring his NDA, throwing fellow cast under the bus, and ultimately sending the show’s creator into a ballistic tirade.

The entire cast really were a “family” and acted as such, but this actor thought he was bigger than he was. He demanded his own trailer, posters made of his face (none of which he got) and made huge demands.

To top it all off, with the known secrecy demanded, which all the cast was in alignment with, he brought onto a ‘closed” secretive set, a known gossip columnist and Mafia princess.

In turn he was thrown off the set, written off the show in the most ridiculous way and has really not been heard from since.

The rest of the cast, including the shows creator cannot stand him.

Recently however, he made his directorial debut, and none of the other cast from the past show showed up to support him.

His directorial debut bombed and was awful.

Federico Castelluccio
Federico Castelluccio is an Italian-American actor and professional visual artist, who is best known for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO series, The Sopranos

David Chase

Victoria Gotti

CODE VIOLATION I: It’s a standoff between mob boss Tony Soprano and HBO execs. But actor James Gandolfini, who made the character famous and helped turn “The Sopranos” into the network’s biggest hit, is not alone in this showdown. On the boss’s shoulder is a loyal soldier – someone fans of the show might have least expected.

Federico Castelluccio’s character Furio Giunta fell in love with Tony’s wife Carmela (Edie Falco) last season, and at one stage thought about whacking the boss by pushing him into an airplane propeller. But in real life, Castelluccio is backing Gandolfini all the way in his battle for a raise.

“I not only encourage James to pursue this fight, but I will be standing right behind him,” Castelluccio told me in a telephone interview last week from Los Angeles, where he is scouting for work.

And why is he doing the rounds there? I might be violating the code of omerta for telling this, but secrecy can be a casualty of this job.

When Furio returned to Italy in the last episode, most of us assumed it was just another twist in his slow-burn affair with Carmela. We all expected sooner or later she would pick the telephone up and he would be on the other end, finally confessing his love. Well, don’t expect that to happen any time soon, even if the Gandolfini standoff can be solved and shooting begins on the new series.

Castelluccio says Furio has been “whacked” from the show’s line-up – for the foreseeable future, anyway. “They told me I should be thankful that my character wasn’t killed on screen – meaning there’s hope that one day Furio will be brought back. Yeah, right,” Castelluccio said.

The show’s publicist Toby Becker declined to comment, saying “no one” has seen the script for the first show of the next season yet.

But Castelluccio insists what he tells me is true, and adds that he is angry about the way his involvement in the show has turned out.

Castelluccio was on the low end of the cast’s pay scale and uses words like “stinginess” and “greed” when he talks about HBO’s reluctance to properly reward the show’s entire cast – particularly its talented headliners like Gandolfini and Falco.

Some might argue that Gandolfini’s request for more than $1 million an episode is over the top. But it’s all about market value. Right now Tony and Carmela are part of our Sunday nights. I don’t know too much about salary negotiations with studio bosses, but surely HBO is not serious about dumping Gandolfini rather than chipping in an extra $200,000 or so an episode for the best-known mob boss in America.

I’m sure every fan will attest that without Tony, there is no “Sopranos.” And no “Sopranos” leaves a huge hole in HBO’s “original series” agenda. – Source

Read more on these Tags: , ,