Gianni Russo--Rare 1993 TV Interview, The Godfather

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  • Опубликовано: 9 апр 2018
  • Actor-singer Gianni Russo, who played Carlo Rizzo in "The Godfather," is interviewed by cable TV host Skip E. Lowe in this 1993 program.
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  • @U-TubeSurfer45
    @U-TubeSurfer45 4 года назад +710

    Who is here from the Vlad TV interview? Lol or the valutainment?

  • @hereticlife2546
    @hereticlife2546 4 года назад +1181

    It’s hard to believe this is the cat from the VladTv interview.

    • @crytpoknight8289
      @crytpoknight8289 4 года назад +94

      IKR, his story about how he got the part is completely different here...he’s a real life contradiction smh

    • @kevinburnes3216
      @kevinburnes3216 4 года назад +65

      I'm here too! Same reason. He told the truth to Vlad and lying to this guy. Telling the story a different way, lol!

    • @Weeks25
      @Weeks25 4 года назад +60

      Haha im here after Vlad too 😂 He looks so different an not bad looking at all! Same laugh though. Yeah funny no mafia talk here! I believe his vlad interview too, I havent watched the valuentertainment interview yet but I like how that Patrick guy interviews.

    • @JC-nq3ux
      @JC-nq3ux 4 года назад +31

      @@crytpoknight8289 actually the interviewer changed the subject, he didn't even get that far

    • @clorerosa4204
      @clorerosa4204 4 года назад +47

      He didnt tell the truth here cuz he fucking young still had years to enjoy and live tf you talkin about
      He still got the same smile tho

  • @frankie1012
    @frankie1012 4 года назад +154

    He looks and sounds nothing like he does today. Ppl age but this dude transformed into a whole new person.

    • @deezymoe7702
      @deezymoe7702 3 года назад +5

      Exactly!

    • @Stephanie-hv1vn
      @Stephanie-hv1vn 3 года назад +4

      he was shy back then

    • @CockneyClint
      @CockneyClint 3 года назад +4

      To a Bullshitter

    • @KhaledTheSaudiHawkII
      @KhaledTheSaudiHawkII 2 года назад +5

      Maybe he became a state witness and went into the protection program. Cosmetic surgeries are customary for people who flip and need protection.

    • @dandrson7903
      @dandrson7903 2 года назад +14

      These guys all become charicatures of themselves as they age. Look at Al Pacino in his senior years. He did Scent of the Woman and never stopped playing that part after.

  • @marlisamorgan2
    @marlisamorgan2 3 года назад +66

    This is the ONLY normal interview I've seen this guy do. He wasn't name dropping every 5 seconds!

    • @accavanos
      @accavanos Год назад +1

      Did you watch the video. Ok. He named dropped every minute. Listen bro

  • @KarmaBSwift
    @KarmaBSwift 3 года назад +34

    He is a very attractive man, WOW! Even 20+ years after this still handsome but dang I didn’t know he used to be this handsome 😍

    • @mamachicken1548
      @mamachicken1548 2 года назад

      It's more like 30 yrs.

    • @fish9905
      @fish9905 5 месяцев назад

      Did you see the godfather?

  • @suhailsharif5428
    @suhailsharif5428 3 года назад +195

    Who's here after watching his recent interview about sleeping with Marilyn monroe

  • @joonaslehtonen7965
    @joonaslehtonen7965 3 года назад +189

    Gianni Russo: "I have known Burger King ever since he was just a Prince."

    • @marleyhaki3566
      @marleyhaki3566 3 года назад +1

      🤣

    • @JDOGG626
      @JDOGG626 3 года назад +1

      😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sohooded
      @sohooded 3 года назад +2

      OP

    • @ricardosmith494
      @ricardosmith494 2 года назад +2

      I knew Jack n the Box before he found his Box. G. Russo

    • @highlithouse6481
      @highlithouse6481 2 года назад +2

      Anthony ramondi said he was there for burger King's chirstianing

  • @goodmusic8563
    @goodmusic8563 3 года назад +25

    He was sooo handsome! Even at 50!

  • @carlv1379
    @carlv1379 4 года назад +19

    The only guest that can make this interviewer almost watchable.

  • @whateverheather655
    @whateverheather655 4 года назад +63

    My goodness I didn't relize how good looking he was

    • @dianesantos7797
      @dianesantos7797 3 года назад

      That was before plastic surgery, I'm sure.

  • @TosereOjeme
    @TosereOjeme 3 года назад +272

    The voice is different, the face is different. He’s like a totally different person on Vlad.

    • @judymcgaugh6480
      @judymcgaugh6480 3 года назад +15

      He actually smiles the same, and laughs the same..no matter what may be lies or what may be truth, its all about how entertained you are when he tells these stories and how its up to you to believe them or not. Most guys when they are telling stories alway try to up the outcome but thats when the group says WTF**F IS HE SAYING, OR FAHGETTABOUDIT YOU BABBO...

    • @ericnielsen5441
      @ericnielsen5441 3 года назад +25

      That's what 30yrs does.

    • @jeffmacrae2531
      @jeffmacrae2531 3 года назад +10

      28 years do alot!!

    • @Eltoro33
      @Eltoro33 3 года назад +4

      Stories are different too. Lol

    • @JGD185
      @JGD185 3 года назад +53

      He used to look like the Italian Ben Affleck, today he looks like the Italian Ric Flair

  • @Drew__Films
    @Drew__Films 4 года назад +201

    1993 "I don't know Sinatra"
    2019 "Sinatra gave me singing lessons and is the Godfather to one of my sons"

    • @el24palma32
      @el24palma32 4 года назад +10

      Im pretty sure he has pictures to prove that sinatra is his sons godfather

    • @iVenge
      @iVenge 3 года назад +14

      1993 - Sinatra was still alive. Get a fucking clue.

    • @Drew__Films
      @Drew__Films 3 года назад +32

      @@iVenge What does that have to do with anything? He says in other videos Sinatra gave him singing lessons in the 80s. I'm just saying this guy can never get his story straight...

    • @iVenge
      @iVenge 3 года назад +12

      Andrew What he says about somebody while they’re still alive would understandably be different than what he says about them after they’re dead. Especially if they come from a certain culture or way of life. Maybe he doesn’t need to know Sinatra while he’s alive, if you get my meaning.

    • @Drew__Films
      @Drew__Films 3 года назад +5

      @@iVenge Yeah, so I think we're agreeing with each other? lol

  • @mutedmutiny9542
    @mutedmutiny9542 3 года назад +23

    Damn dude was a good looking man... I was a little skeptical about his Marilyn story but looking at him here dude is so smooth and handsome, I could see a lot of women being completely charmed by dude

  • @GraduatedMoney
    @GraduatedMoney 4 года назад +104

    So interesting to see interviews 20+ years apart. He looks like 2 different people. The new teeth for sure contribute. This is wild

    • @dustyrhodes1655
      @dustyrhodes1655 3 года назад +14

      He now embarrassingly exaggerates his accent...

    • @user-gabriel90
      @user-gabriel90 3 года назад +13

      It’s been 28’yrs he is an elderly man now so of course he looks very different but do you notice he seems to talk more gangster when he is older his inflections and in that respect he is a lot different

    • @FasterFaster196
      @FasterFaster196 3 года назад +3

      @@dustyrhodes1655 No. Old people revert. Believe me.

    • @rampageclover9788
      @rampageclover9788 2 года назад

      He looks unrecognizable from The Godfather

    • @augustaugust7667
      @augustaugust7667 Год назад +2

      He still handsome today..... He's always been handsome..... He's always been a go-getter...... He has my favorite type personality He is the opposite of lazy

  • @TheSaxon.
    @TheSaxon. 3 года назад +35

    Nothing like the demeanor he has now.

  • @CupcakeExplosion
    @CupcakeExplosion 5 лет назад +21

    I like when he was saying he hasn't had a lot of friends in his life, but at the time of this interview, his best friend was his wife. This is how I think it should be.

  • @PlutoTheGod
    @PlutoTheGod 4 года назад +226

    This interviewer is like Ellen at 82

    • @jefffromjersey52
      @jefffromjersey52 4 года назад +29

      Except more feminine than Ellen .

    • @wescollins2981
      @wescollins2981 4 года назад +7

      🤣 idk why i lol'd so hard at that

    • @djdapper3721
      @djdapper3721 4 года назад +6

      Sadly is the Truth my friend😂🤣😂😂

    • @VoteBlue450
      @VoteBlue450 4 года назад +8

      I'm thinking Sally Jesse Raphael without the glasses.

    • @vnnholland5190
      @vnnholland5190 4 года назад +1

      Lol

  • @AprilCampbell
    @AprilCampbell 3 года назад +12

    Incredibly handsome

  • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
    @user-sb2tb9oe7d 2 года назад +53

    Before Gianni Russo became a crazy Grandmother.

    • @ImaHaddad
      @ImaHaddad Год назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Ru-gv2if
      @Ru-gv2if Год назад +2

      Comment is a little tasteless. Mr. Russo always kind, positive, a class act. Check out Mr. Russo's podcast, Hollywood Godfather. Now on WABC radio, streaming, podcast. Variety of subjects, not just Mafia.

    • @user-sb2tb9oe7d
      @user-sb2tb9oe7d Год назад +6

      @@Ru-gv2if Are you one of his 38 kids?

  • @ajlajkitbre
    @ajlajkitbre 2 года назад +19

    What a man! So handsome... beautiful voice...

  • @tiffanymariezaccagnino2599
    @tiffanymariezaccagnino2599 2 года назад +14

    Wow he was handsome back then😍 If you watch him on a talk show these days he's like a totally different person. He is very good looking in this interview

  • @CrisisGuildWOW
    @CrisisGuildWOW 3 года назад +33

    The older he gets, the greater his life was. The same is true of his wardrobe.

  • @jojoz
    @jojoz 5 лет назад +212

    don't forget this was 27 years ago or so...... when you are young you keep your mouth shut but when you get older, then you don't care and can let it all hang out when you didn't before good looking guy and loved both interviews

    • @bigsmoke9500
      @bigsmoke9500 4 года назад +8

      Defo a good point

    • @Hallahanify
      @Hallahanify 4 года назад +25

      Or you get old and make things up to make yourself important

    • @jojoz
      @jojoz 4 года назад +4

      @@Hallahanify you're a real I mean REAL tough guy I can tell

    • @derekyung2826
      @derekyung2826 4 года назад +11

      Na staten island that's how they are in nonformal. Loudmouth and making up stories. He was a messenger for jfk assassination banged marilyn monroe at 15 gtfo?!?! I fell outta my chair crying laughing. Hes a wannabe Brando that's gotta have the attention and have extraordinary stories or he sees himself as a simp. Tell me I'm wrong

    • @srpskabalI
      @srpskabalI 4 года назад +3

      jojo z can you imagine how good looking he was when he was 18 ( 1960).

  • @CasperLCat
    @CasperLCat 3 года назад +31

    When Michael takes the drink away from Carlo, you know he’s dead, despite the story about flying him to Vegas. As soon as Michael gets Barzini’s name out of him, Carlo doesn’t deserve one more atom of consideration as a human being - he’s “done” in the most serious sense of the word.
    Every word of dialogue, every costume choice, every look and gesture tells a story in Godfather, that’s why you love watching it over and over. Coppola’s Godfather I and II for me is the greatest directorial performance ever. His attention to detail in those films was unbelievable.

  • @pjuggle
    @pjuggle 5 лет назад +126

    I’ve worked with Gianni playing piano. He gives a good show and is fun to be around.

    • @folari2390
      @folari2390 4 года назад +5

      Really? That man is hot... And im straight Guy bud still hes hot..😂

    • @MrBollocks10
      @MrBollocks10 4 года назад +3

      "Playing piano" is that a euphemism?

    • @nightcrawler2717
      @nightcrawler2717 3 года назад +3

      Peter russo better chill with the lies.

    • @augustaugust7667
      @augustaugust7667 Год назад

      Awesome..... I wish he would do performances in California 2023

  • @bobhess5986
    @bobhess5986 5 лет назад +165

    Now I know who Martin Short got the Jimmy Glick character from.

  • @trawlins396
    @trawlins396 4 года назад +116

    He was VERY good looking here!

    • @atm6870
      @atm6870 3 года назад +4

      Reminds me of Bryan Cranston

    • @vitg7043
      @vitg7043 3 года назад +2

      Even before that.

    • @loriharris1215
      @loriharris1215 3 года назад +7

      Very, like JFK Jr

    • @Melinda8162
      @Melinda8162 3 года назад +2

      @Flenif2247 REALLY?? OMG! 😁. Also, Italian! 😁

    • @Melinda8162
      @Melinda8162 3 года назад +2

      @Charlotte Rawlins:. Actually, better now than in the movie!! 😄

  • @icebergbart216
    @icebergbart216 4 года назад +18

    Being able to watch this after the VLAD interview is awesome

  • @deborahmoser6889
    @deborahmoser6889 3 года назад +8

    Gorgeous smile!! And so handsome! He knew how to romance the ladies! Wow 🤩

  • @AprilCampbell
    @AprilCampbell 3 года назад +26

    He was incredibly handsome back then which explains why he is not so bad looking to date.

    • @curtisskarma6831
      @curtisskarma6831 3 года назад +1

      What?

    • @SISSYKAY
      @SISSYKAY 3 года назад +3

      He was a real looker in his younger days, for sure!

    • @dirkdiggler8330
      @dirkdiggler8330 3 года назад

      Oh u saw the vlad too

    • @curtisskarma6831
      @curtisskarma6831 3 года назад

      Not so bad now? Really?

    • @fish9905
      @fish9905 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@curtisskarma6831curt don't hate, guy is a handsome devil 😊

  • @privatedeborah1004
    @privatedeborah1004 3 года назад +40

    How could he change in 30 years to a completely different personality?
    He is refined and almost low key here, I am really shocked!
    His voice is also completely different.

    • @nickg2954
      @nickg2954 Год назад

      Cocaine and money!! That's how

    • @KatieJoMikell
      @KatieJoMikell Год назад +4

      Yeah something going on I don’t know who that guy is in the vladTV interview 😳

    • @AFreckledAngel
      @AFreckledAngel Год назад +2

      Mob guys can be anything to anyone at any time. I’ve known a few and had an uncle by marriage who was a made guy. They are like chameleons….

    • @nd3991
      @nd3991 Год назад +1

      Yeah he got old .

    • @TaniasUncle
      @TaniasUncle Год назад +1

      Because this is when he was getting the attention he craves, when he was in a hit movie like the godfather.
      He’s been chasing it ever since and gets more and more desperate for it as the years go by.
      He’s a classic narcissist like most people seem to be these days

  • @MegaThegin
    @MegaThegin 3 года назад +21

    And He also looked differently in the Godfather

  • @dianem8254
    @dianem8254 3 года назад +9

    Drop dead gorgeous! I'm from South Beach, Staten Island & I guess I missed you there

  • @BackBruck
    @BackBruck 3 года назад +14

    This is before he honed his craft, tan and brilliant teeth☺🥰 He comes across like a humble guy here.

  • @thejazzman210
    @thejazzman210 4 года назад +89

    Well, I see where the Jiminy Glick character came from.

  • @charliemancuso6980
    @charliemancuso6980 3 года назад +26

    “You have to answer for Sonni, Carlo”
    One of my favourite lines in the movie. How cool Michael plays it and even though Carlo suspects it’s gonna happen he hopes it won’t. You can tell that he realizes that Michael is being way too nice about it and he’s wondering if he’s going to be killed.

    • @vicanthony5470
      @vicanthony5470 2 года назад +4

      "You have to answer for Santino, Carlo"

    • @Flackack
      @Flackack Год назад

      He should have never confessed. He'd still be in Vegas.

  • @jockoadams3377
    @jockoadams3377 2 года назад +28

    This might be the last Gianni Russo interview where he told the truth. Back when Sinatra, Brando and everyone else was still alive. Not a lot of embellishment on display here.

    • @thegreenman2030
      @thegreenman2030 2 года назад

      I never realized how much of a imbecile he truly is.

    • @damiantirado9616
      @damiantirado9616 Год назад +1

      Why is he known for lying?

    • @thegreenman2030
      @thegreenman2030 Год назад +1

      @@damiantirado9616 It’s harder to know when he’s actually telling the truth vs lying.

    • @harvey2609
      @harvey2609 Год назад

      True. He really is full of shit now.

    • @harvey2609
      @harvey2609 Год назад

      @@damiantirado9616 Listen to later interviews. He's full of shit.

  • @robindore9582
    @robindore9582 3 года назад +14

    He's so gorgeously handsome who's interviewing him

  • @frankie1012
    @frankie1012 4 года назад +107

    Vlad brought me here.

  • @paulmcloughlin755
    @paulmcloughlin755 4 года назад +119

    Italian men look completely different every ten years

    • @paulmcloughlin755
      @paulmcloughlin755 3 года назад +2

      @@sarahbartlett1196 wow you really answers my question thank you

    • @nancyreece969
      @nancyreece969 3 года назад

      paul mcloughlin ......really⁉️

    • @paulmcloughlin755
      @paulmcloughlin755 3 года назад

      @@nancyreece969 really what??

    • @yasminx16
      @yasminx16 3 года назад

      😂😂 so true

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад

      Helps them avoid capture by the FBI!

  • @robinsinpost
    @robinsinpost 3 года назад +52

    What the hell happened to this guy?
    I am now officially afraid of getting older.

    • @JGD185
      @JGD185 3 года назад +9

      He had lots of work done, can you believe it?

    • @tomadalove5852
      @tomadalove5852 3 года назад +3

      Aging is a bitch....not liking it at all.

    • @FasterFaster196
      @FasterFaster196 3 года назад +2

      @@tomadalove5852 I don't love it. Some days are great though. I'd definitely love to be 40 again.

    • @rosefabian65
      @rosefabian65 3 года назад +3

      The differences between the 2, the young Giovanni Russo and the old Giovanni Russo I’m VLAD TV, are geometrically different. Not only the way they look but they seem like two totally different people. The guy on VLAD TV is colorful, funny but now who knows if any of his stories are actually true? I’d like to think that they are because they’re so “out there.”

    • @tomadalove5852
      @tomadalove5852 3 года назад +5

      @Steven Hunt If you look at him now that he is old you can actually see the "child" that he was...he has that child like expression...it is something you often see in much older persons.

  • @frogman8591
    @frogman8591 3 года назад +12

    HE LOOKED LIKE A MOVIE STAR WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.

  • @stevestarscream5182
    @stevestarscream5182 5 лет назад +89

    Boy you should hear how he tells the story now

    • @zonnyprozero1393
      @zonnyprozero1393 5 лет назад +10

      Now i know his full of bs now this is the true story now he just wants to sell books

    • @jeantetreault132
      @jeantetreault132 3 года назад +5

      He’s changed his accent a lot and he has blue eyes in the other interview.

    • @gregmurphy4231
      @gregmurphy4231 3 года назад +1

      I know. What a bullshit artiest

    • @TNMN12
      @TNMN12 3 года назад +3

      @@jeantetreault132 his accent is the same but his breathing isn’t what it used to be, changing his voice. The eyes diluted from the coke

  • @charleswinokoor6023
    @charleswinokoor6023 5 лет назад +49

    Mr. Lowe was quite a goofball.
    But Russo back then really was a handsome guy.

    • @maggiemolly111
      @maggiemolly111 Год назад +1

      Was Mr. Lowe the inspiration for Martin Short’s “Jiminy Glick”? Similar mannerisms.

  • @jaydallastx
    @jaydallastx 4 года назад +58

    For anybody dats saying he's inconsistent, who goes on national TV & snitches when you still heavy in the life. Duh you gotta lie. Now he's older who cares.You gotta write yo own story b4 you die or the world will.

    • @raynarounds8957
      @raynarounds8957 4 года назад +5

      Word up! You get old and have no filter. Look at Quincy Jones. Tellin late night stories. It's all good.

    • @brandoelee6161
      @brandoelee6161 4 года назад +2

      Vlad good at getting people to snitch

    • @RoubenDO3
      @RoubenDO3 3 года назад +1

      Agree. That’s why he didn’t say he knew Sinatra. Because of the ties

    • @lucreziaborgia1759
      @lucreziaborgia1759 3 года назад

      Absolutely

    • @jamesmuller1077
      @jamesmuller1077 3 года назад +1

      Heavy in the life? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Apollo_Blaze
    @Apollo_Blaze 3 года назад +8

    Wow, he has a great voice...and I like the sound of that old style classic nightclub music. Good interview!

  • @Daniel1962007
    @Daniel1962007 3 года назад +1

    What a life he’s had.... especially when he met Pablo and was getting ready to leave Columbia he had to replay that very scene and he actually thought he was toast... on that note thx for sharing 🙏🏼✌🏻💚🇨🇦

  • @TheMuddyMilesTrain
    @TheMuddyMilesTrain 3 года назад +3

    really great interview. i really like skip as host, very likeable person who seems very genuine.

  • @NkrumahTure
    @NkrumahTure 4 года назад +16

    "You have to answer for Santino Carlo."

  •  5 лет назад +5

    👍 I believe everything he says... Very handsome even today and can sing very well his voice is magical. And loved his Career. Loved his children or would have been silent about it. Self-made man. 👍

  • @chestercopperpot2219
    @chestercopperpot2219 4 года назад +26

    Actually this guy is a really good interviewer albeit unconventional. His strength is he actually listens and asks follow up questions. It’s too bad he’ll never interview the current Russo.

    • @melindak6472
      @melindak6472 3 года назад +5

      Yes the interviewer seems like a very nice person actually..

    • @maddmavic
      @maddmavic 2 года назад

      There's a new winter iew he's 77

    • @Ante_Knezevic
      @Ante_Knezevic 2 года назад

      @@melindak6472 You are fine

  • @emanmark
    @emanmark 3 года назад +45

    From Italian pretty boy to Vlad TV mutation. If lying was music, this guy would be a brass band.

  • @bettystouffer6012
    @bettystouffer6012 3 года назад +8

    Gosh he is a gorgeous man!!!

  • @kevorkboghossian7214
    @kevorkboghossian7214 3 года назад +34

    such a beautiful interview... almost 30 years ago..long live Gianni Russo.. what a gentleman..

    • @Ante_Knezevic
      @Ante_Knezevic 2 года назад +7

      You probably don't realize how much of a liar this guy is

    • @vicanthony5470
      @vicanthony5470 2 года назад +4

      Title says 1993 but this interview is actually from 1991

    • @mobiusizreel2402
      @mobiusizreel2402 Год назад

      A real class act of a bastard.

    • @treetop5752
      @treetop5752 Год назад

      A full of shit wind bag!

  • @lightgatha
    @lightgatha 6 дней назад

    Great interview. Riveting personality, such charisma and curiosity.

  • @TheMelrose1961
    @TheMelrose1961 3 года назад

    Renaissance Man...A wonderful actor and interesting individual who has had quite a wonderful journey.. Im really enjoying how you recall Hollywood Royalty friends & fellow colleagues adventures..Watched your most recent videos earlier.. very entertaining. So Impressive Hoping that your upcoming movie is gonna be made soon. Best wishes and continued happiness & success.

  • @OmarScruggs
    @OmarScruggs 3 года назад +19

    His accent is more strong now on those Vlad interviews

  • @amanlooking4men
    @amanlooking4men 6 лет назад +5

    Love it bring on more

  • @twoshady518
    @twoshady518 3 года назад +83

    a legend in his own mind

    • @cedarabbey
      @cedarabbey 2 года назад +2

      "Raconteur" is the polite word.

    • @babachlovari4782
      @babachlovari4782 2 года назад +1

      Sinatra who? Kennedy? Carlo gambino? No! Its the kid Gianni Russo lol . Just for the simple fact of him having an ambition that surpassed all of these legends i gotta gove it to him lol

    • @InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe
      @InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe 2 года назад +2

      Funny how so many commenters are jealous of Russo🤣😂🤔

    • @cedarabbey
      @cedarabbey 2 года назад +2

      @@InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe ... Thanks for posting, Gianni!!

    • @andyt9181
      @andyt9181 2 года назад +3

      Who are you to judge him?? wtf did you do with your life??

  • @rondavanzo6161
    @rondavanzo6161 3 года назад +12

    In this interview, he says he hardly knew Sinatra. In Vlad’s and other Sinatra was his sons Godfather. Total BS.

  • @giannirusso2604
    @giannirusso2604 3 года назад +6

    *I got struck by lighting while in a movie theater and my eyes turned blue. Can you believe it?*

  • @selfiekroos1777
    @selfiekroos1777 3 года назад +17

    'I told the studio to cast Brando... Can you believe it?!!'
    -GR

  • @markdicarlo216
    @markdicarlo216 17 дней назад +1

    I never knew that he could sing, he seems to be very good here. And until all these videos came out, I didn't know who that actor in The Godfather was exactly. I thought he was very good in that movie, when I saw it years ago. The guy is an enigma.

  • @KJ-xc6qs
    @KJ-xc6qs 3 года назад +9

    He really was a handsome guy.

  • @MrMaybe1
    @MrMaybe1 3 года назад +79

    “I was actually the person who got the Virgin Mary pregnant”
    - Gianni Russo

  • @jerryday9838
    @jerryday9838 3 года назад +11

    He was a handsome man when he was younger.

  • @tomking7080
    @tomking7080 4 года назад +23

    Gianni is a very respected gentleman all over the world especially in NYC. I have met him through a Italian “friend of mine “ about 7 years ago in NYC. Great guy,amazing life which should be on the big screen because his life is a amazing story. From polio and being quarantined for years, to his run in with Frank Costello and how that event changed his life. His run in to Pablo Escobar ,Saddam Hussein how washing hair led to a every teenaged boys dream of meeting Marilyn Monroe and dealings with the Kennedy ‘s. He’s a fun guy to be around and he will keep you laughing constantly. I hope Gianni or someone is writing a script about his life because his life was/is a movie.

  • @singingpretty
    @singingpretty Год назад +5

    Wow, who knew!? He has a great singing voice.

  • @CommonCentrist82
    @CommonCentrist82 3 года назад +4

    I like this version of Gianni better than the current version. He has a lot of tall tails as an old man.

  • @acesjeff
    @acesjeff 4 года назад +8

    When Brando said "I know you weren't on Broadway because I know everyone there", was his way of hitting on him.

  • @csea4672
    @csea4672 3 года назад +6

    So funny knowing the real background of him getting that role and what he told Brando

  • @riggermorpus
    @riggermorpus 3 года назад +15

    Interviewer was the basis for Marty Short’s Jiminy Glick.

    • @JakeWitmer
      @JakeWitmer 2 года назад +1

      LOL... I said Martin Short should spoof this guy, before reading your comment. Hilarious!

    • @riggermorpus
      @riggermorpus 2 года назад

      @@JakeWitmerlol. I had to have a look at it again to remind myself. Geezuz the host was a wacky nutbar. And I stand by my original post. I think the host is my spirit animal lol.
      “Uh huh…Uh huh…Uh huh….”

  • @rockersmood1609
    @rockersmood1609 4 года назад +6

    This was recommended to me after watching the vlad interview!!!!🍓

  • @hairypolack
    @hairypolack 5 лет назад +19

    I think Martin Shorts Jiminy Glick character might be partially based on Skip Lowe

  • @nikachimes6675
    @nikachimes6675 Год назад

    Yeah….wow…..a blast from the past…..who knew Gianni could sing such elequent songs…..I honestly did not hear about him anymore after The Godfather……until now 2022…..aww schucks…..he is a lovely man….and he hung around with one of my favourites …..Don RICKLES….💋💋✨✨

  • @chrisc5238
    @chrisc5238 4 года назад +29

    His voice sounds heaps different from the Vlad interview

  • @curtg5654
    @curtg5654 3 года назад +20

    anyone else notice his eyes are brown? in the Vlad interview they're blue.

    • @johng8671
      @johng8671 3 года назад +2

      They're called contacts

    • @curtg5654
      @curtg5654 3 года назад +5

      @@johng8671 its called an observation

    • @jamesmuller1077
      @jamesmuller1077 3 года назад +4

      @@johng8671 proves how fake the guy is

    • @shield_armor
      @shield_armor 3 года назад +2

      @@jamesmuller1077 how is he fake? he obviously can’t talk about the truth of his life during the time of this interview or else he will get in trouble, that’s the point of being under the radar. now, he got nothing to lose and the world has changed so that’s why he’s revealing the truth with his books and on vlad’s interviews. i swear this comment section don’t understand the point of being lowkey

    • @jamesmuller1077
      @jamesmuller1077 3 года назад +1

      @@shield_armor if you're stupid enough to believe his lies then go ahead.. Make yourself look an idiot 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @TrueSake
    @TrueSake 4 года назад +24

    Between 1993 to 2020 he had a lot of time to come up with crazy stories.

  • @cartersosa_24
    @cartersosa_24 4 года назад +5

    I went to Newdorp highschool my boy Gianni is a smooth guy!

  • @BritishBoy1971
    @BritishBoy1971 3 года назад +1

    Gianni is so charismatic and a hard worker, a real earner in whatever he puts his hand to, it's commendable.
    I'm reading Gianni's book at the moment, called Hollywood Godfather, released not long ago and it is so good.
    Having been to California, New York and Las Vegas, I can imagine him there so vividly, whilst reading the book, it's awesome.
    I'd recommend it. 📖 🙂👍

    • @claireevangelista2680
      @claireevangelista2680 2 года назад

      Ŕeading the book, hollywood godfather, it is very informative about life events over 70 yrs.

  • @lexalexander9334
    @lexalexander9334 4 года назад +4

    Bro this dude is so fucking handsome back in the day.

  • @jimfoley8014
    @jimfoley8014 3 года назад +8

    He is pulling back on the NYC Italian accent here.

    • @kefkahkefkah
      @kefkahkefkah 10 месяцев назад

      he got that one later when all dudes died off and he became a made guy in mind at the age of 77

  • @_JM-
    @_JM- 3 года назад +6

    From mobster look alike to Italian ric flair... crazy how time flies

  • @TheLoyalOfficer
    @TheLoyalOfficer 3 года назад +6

    He's much more of a braggart now than back in 1993 when he seemed a lot more humble. Probably a deadbeat Dad, too.

  • @yasminx16
    @yasminx16 4 года назад +5

    He was so handsome

  • @jayb1812
    @jayb1812 2 года назад +3

    When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone he had 3 missed calls from Gianni

  • @italiagorino6358
    @italiagorino6358 4 года назад +6

    He is so handsome

  • @Edwardcast
    @Edwardcast 4 года назад +3

    Fascinating interview.

  • @SISSYKAY
    @SISSYKAY 3 года назад +4

    Here he looks nothing like he did in The Godfather. I wouldn't even know it's the same guy. He does have a great singing voice! He's full of surprises. lol

    • @arlettedumais5776
      @arlettedumais5776 2 года назад +1

      He was in his mid-twenties when he did The Godfather. Here he's mid 50's? On Vlad 80? HUGE difference!

    • @SISSYKAY
      @SISSYKAY 2 года назад

      @@arlettedumais5776 Right. Also a lot of bad face surgery hasn't helped.

  • @julietteyork3721
    @julietteyork3721 3 года назад +6

    I thought Martin Short made up the Jiminy Glick character but I since learned he based him on this interviewer.

  • @SinnerSince1962
    @SinnerSince1962 2 года назад +1

    It's amazing to compare THIS interview with his later interview with VLAD. Lots of differences in the details.

  • @truthteller816
    @truthteller816 4 года назад +4

    That Gianni was 🔥, he was a very handsome man. 😘

    • @truthteller816
      @truthteller816 3 года назад

      Hi 🤣🤣 What a stupid and ignorant statement to make?! You have no idea what I look like, nor do you know whether or not I’m black. And for the record, he actually WOULD be interested in black women since he dated the singer Dionne Warwick. You a clearly a racist, bigoted TROLL that has nothing better to do with your life, but make random illogical comments on the internet. It’s pathetic.

    • @truthteller816
      @truthteller816 3 года назад

      Hi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Oh you truly are a PATHETIC individual and I feel PITY towards you! I’m laughing 😂 in your face because you are so ridiculous, calling me blackie doesn’t insult me, because I KNOW who I AM, and I LOVE myself. But, it’s clear that you hate yourself, that’s why you and other racists like you project your self loathing onto other people. It’s also clear that you are possessed by a demonic hatred. YOU are the one that’s OPPRESSED, you are a slave to your hate, and it’s pitiful! You need Jesus, repent and put your trust in him and he will transform your cold 🥶 hateful, vacuous heart into a loving peaceful one.

    • @truthteller816
      @truthteller816 3 года назад

      Hi Bye DEMON! 👊🏾 Not today Satan! Not today! You really are PATHETIC and you KNOW it! Now, since I actually love Jesus, and I love myself, and I have a happy 😃 fulfilling life, I’m going to end this interaction with you right now. I am actually employed, so I’m off to work. But, before I go I just have one thing to say:
      Take good look at yourself in the mirror, there is darkness in your heart, it’s very obvious, REPENT and put your trust in JESUS, he will set you free from your self hate! 🙏🏾

  • @michealmailman3281
    @michealmailman3281 4 года назад +17

    Bro this dude is definetly Mob ties holy shit. He's the real deal. This theater buff was digging and couldn't figure Russo out lmfao.

    • @ileavazan7693
      @ileavazan7693 3 года назад +4

      Sammy Gravano is a real deal ..Russo is full of shit hustler...

    • @jamesmuller1077
      @jamesmuller1077 3 года назад +1

      How are people so stupid 😩 are you 12?

    • @paraguaymike5159
      @paraguaymike5159 3 года назад +1

      @@ileavazan7693 Yep. Gravano and Franzese are real deal mob guys. Documented. But Gianni proposed both of them to get made. Can you believe it?

    • @arlenmargolin1650
      @arlenmargolin1650 3 года назад +1

      @@ileavazan7693 it's true Russo has admitted not to be a made man and doesn't want to be or never wanted to be one for reasons that he knew the pitfalls I think he's a pretty smart guy whereas Sammy gravano is living in a total s*** bowl

    • @baroneroberto3400
      @baroneroberto3400 2 года назад +1

      he straightened them both out...

  • @conditionallyunconditional5691
    @conditionallyunconditional5691 3 года назад +13

    I trained all the tigers for Siegfried & Roy. It was easy!

  • @barb6868
    @barb6868 3 года назад

    Great interview!

  • @poetdemedici3505
    @poetdemedici3505 3 года назад +6

    At 8:19 he states he’s born and raised in Staten Island. In Vlad and his book his story is he’s from Little Italy??? Something ain’t adding up

    • @borismcfinnigan3430
      @borismcfinnigan3430 3 года назад +5

      Listen to the whole story not just tidbits. He was born there, and ended up in little italy after his father fucked off with his mistress and put Giannis Mum in a mental ward.

    • @poetdemedici3505
      @poetdemedici3505 3 года назад +2

      Tony Stewart I assume so but when I checked again he didn’t make that clear. Meaning he never mentioned both cities in one sitting. He either had the New York story or the Staten one. Relisten to them

  • @diviningrod2671
    @diviningrod2671 4 года назад +6

    9:40 - " Hollywood affected like you wouldn't believe "...that smile at the end...
    "Cocaine is a hell of a drug" -
    Rick James

  • @savalasjohn5398
    @savalasjohn5398 4 года назад +17

    how was gianni not in saturday night fever!

  • @jodicrisp2278
    @jodicrisp2278 3 года назад +1

    No wonder Miss Monroe liked this guy. What a handsome man. I have never watched The Godfather but I will now.

  • @Rickky007
    @Rickky007 3 года назад +5

    He’s a natural born actor .