A N I N T E R V I E W W I T H
Francesco
Antonio
Is Thrilling
In Wayne
Q and A by I'm Here With
Reporter Blaine Schlechter
& Taro PR
Photo by Alexander Salazar
I would like to start by talking about Wayne
and congratulations on the upcoming
premier. I’ve seen the trailer and I got to tell
you, it looks phenomenal. It’s described as a
comedy but it had a real gritty vibe to it, can
you tell us about the show?
You know, it is a comedy because there
are such beautifully funny moments, but it’s
definitely very gritty. It’s about a kid, Wayne,
he’s in search for his father’s car, I have it
now, I’m in Florida and I’m not a nice guy…
tattoos, gold teeth…so it’s going to be quite
an epic showdown and that’s pretty much as
I can give you. (It’s) fantastically written; it’s
the guy from Deadpool and I think that
alone speaks to kind of how they’ve created
and curated the show.
Wayne recently had its premiere at
the Tribeca TV Festival, how was that
and the whole festival experience?
It was fantastic. They were very kind
to me; definitely a memorable moment
for myself and my career. The audience
was great, they absolutely loved it; they
laughed when they should have
laughed…they grimaced when they
should have grimaced. So it was a
fantastic experience.
You mentioned the connection
between Wayne and Deadpool and if
you’ve seen the trailer you can obviously
see some of the influence there with the
action scenes. You mentioned smashing
up an RV, but what other action, fight
scenes did you get to partake in?
You know, I don’t want to give too
much away but I will tell you it is action
packed. There are people going through
doors, there are things going through
body parts; there is a reason why
everybody is talking about the show. It’s
gonna be action packed but I don’t want
to give things away; I will tell you, you will
never be bored and you’ll want to close
your eyes at times but you won’t be able
to.
In the past you’ve taken on some
pretty heavy, dark roles. Are these roles
hard to do and is there one particular role
that stands out as one of the hardest roles
that you’ve had to manage?
I will say it’s ‘Reggie’ in Wayne because as colorful
as ‘Reggie’ is, and some of the stuff I had to do and
the thoughts that I had to think, were pretty dark. I
did experiment a lot with method acting in theatre
school and I’ll tell you, my wife looked at me and said
‘thank God you’re not method acting anymore’. It
definitely was a hard role to step into and step out
of.
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