Posted on 05/26/2022 9:24:05 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
A shocker. Ray Liotta, the terrific actor whose career breakout came in the Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas, has died. Deadline hears he died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters. We will have more details when they become available.
Liotta was 67 years old and leaves behind a daughter, Karsen. He was engaged to be married to Jacy Nittolo.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
And there was nothing they could do about it.
RIP, Ray.
Damn
Something Wild
“Yes he was though I’d argue DB Sweeney was much better as Joe in Eight Men Out vs. Ray in Field of Dreams. At least DB batted lefty.”
I agree. DB Sweeney nailed that role.
Funny how?
RIP
Like Christopher Walken
Always fun to watch him bush hog the scenery
The commentary went to great lengths to describe the trouble they had trying to get the right-handed Liotta to play the role of the left-handed Joe Jackson. They finally gave up on it and filmed the movie with Joe Jackson as a righty.
He said if he could go back and do his career over again, he would have trained himself relentlessly to play a left-handed hitter in that movie. He always considered it a poor reflection on the work of a professional actor that he couldn't do that when it really mattered.
Gary Cooper had the same issue trying to play Lou Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees. The filmmakers simply reversed the image with a lot of close ups while Cooper was batting.
Oh no! He also had a great guest star role on ER.” Sad to hear this.
I love the way Scorsese slips his mom into his flics. And yes, a great movie, due in no small part to almost perfect casting, including of course Liotta.
“None of could stand the son of a bitch when he was alive, so we told him to stick it.”
That was a fun one. Everyone was cast perfectly. R.I.P. Ray Liotta
I agree - Good Fellas is an absolutely great movie.
Or a Spider-Man villain.
My money is on “fully vaccinated.”
Same.
RIP.
“I can tell you first hand, as a full-bred Italian from the northeast.... scorsese nailed every detail.”
Italians are immoral sub-human murderers?
Union NJ guy, he dated my friends sister before Good Fellas, would pre game with him before Happy Hour in the summer at the shore, great guy, RIP
“The Ray Liotta Laugh”
Best Ray Liotta laugh clip montage, 36 seconds.
I DEFY anybody to watch it and keep a straight face.
R.I.P. Ray.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdJ8x6lyrfo&ab_channel=EddLeigh
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.