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‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris

The Rewatchables

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Joe Pesci: The Most Improbable Movie Star

Joe Pesci was one of the biggest stars we had for seven years because we made comedies. He is a guy who would just go for it. I don't know what Scorsese or Oliver Stone would say about how intense he is as an actor. But like if you think about what he's doing in JFK that really weird part was his name David Ferris. Don't get JFK stuff wrong around Chris. That's just a terrible idea. The willingness to go as far out as he needs to to work somehow is that's a winning thing home alone does not work. There's no safe like simply safe.

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