S20|EP361 - Federico Castelluccio: Tales of Art and Acting

On the Hollywood Godfather podcast, Gianni and Jeanie welcome back actor and visual artist Federico Castelluccio, who was born in Naples and came to the U.S. in 1968. Castelluccio discusses early acting work in New York theater and soap operas, stressing theater as an essential foundation, and recalls returning to Italy to film The Sopranos. He describes his formal art training on a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts, his realist charcoal and painting techniques (often 100–130 hours per drawing), and explains how his “Duke and Duchess of North Caldwell” Sopranos-inspired painting was commissioned after he pitched it to TV Guide. He shares updates on his wife’s documentary, recent and upcoming films (Don Q, Cabrini, The Loophole, Into the Black, Bad News on the Doorstep), directing plans, and a prospective New York City gallery exhibition of large charcoal works.