It is usually onerous to nail down simply which of Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese’s movies is his best possible. Some say it is GoodFellas, whose stars are nonetheless conserving busy in Hollywood immediately. One of many supporting gamers, the late Louis Eppolito — aka “Fats Andy” — would go on to star in different movies after a profession in real-life legislation enforcement. And because it seems, he was convicted for having precise ties to the mob, making his GoodFellas look all of the extra ironic. His wild story is the inspiration for Mob Cops, out now, and MovieWeb just lately caught up with Jeremy Luke, the actor who portrays Eppolito in Lionsgate’s new movie.
Luke recalled a scene from Mob Cops the place he discovered himself totally channeling Eppolito’s second of on-screen glory from a completely separate gangster film. “I used to be within the Chinese language restaurant, I’m going, ‘The way you doing?’ And I grabbed the glass — as a result of this character, he was in GoodFellas. In order that was form of wild to me as a result of he labored with Scorsese, who I labored with,” Luke informed MovieWeb. “He is in a well-known scene in GoodFellas the place they’re coming via the bar, they usually’re introducing everybody. In order that was, like, simply form of mind-blowing.”
And on the subject of Marty, it was a enjoyable little reunion for Luke and his Mob Cops co-stars, lots of whom had been featured in an Oscar-nominated Scorsese movie again in 2019. “Joey Russo, who performs Galliano, he was in The Irishman. He performed my brother in The Irishman. Danny A. Abeckaser, who’s the director [of Mob Cops]… Bo Dietl… There was like this entire group [who were in The Irishman]… So I assumed that was actually form of cool and attention-grabbing.”
Louis Eppolito: From Soiled Cop to Actor
Luke’s Mob Cops co-star, who performs the opposite soiled cop, is David Arquette (Scream). Luke continued to clarify how Arquette’s presence within the movie added much more meta-ness to their manufacturing expertise:
“David Arquette — one thing else that was mind-blowing, like a few months in the past after David Lynch handed away, I used to be watching Misplaced Freeway. And David’s sister [Patricia] was doing a scene with this man in Misplaced Freeway. So it was actually like, ‘Wow. Patricia Arquette was doing a scene with Louis Eppolito!’ I used to be like, ‘Wow.’ And he had a extremely massive half in [GoodFellas] too… It is very, very meta.”
Out of all of the wildly crooked escapades Luke’s character embraces in Mob Cops, he was in a position to pinpoint the side that shocked him probably the most. “He was doing hits for the mob, and he was working for the mob — however he additionally wished to be seen actually dangerous,” stated Luke. “He cherished the eye and tv so dangerous. He was on the Sally Jesse Raphael present… It was an enormous present. She was proper up there with Oprah within the ’80s and ’90s. And he was on her discuss present — and that is how he received caught.” Hollywood — it may well make or break you. From Lionsgate, Mob Cops is now accessible in theaters, on demand and on digital.
Mob Cops
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- Launch Date
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April 25, 2025
- Runtime
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87 Minutes
- Director
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Danny A. Abeckaser
- Writers
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Kosta Kondilopoulos
- Producers
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Kyle Stefanski