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J.K. Simmons to Lead ‘Westies’ Series at MGM+ as Premium Cabler Greenlights Crime Drama
J.K. Simmons is set for a lead role in the MGM+ drama "The Westies," which has now officially been ordered to series.
“The series is set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center on the Westies’ home turf in Hell’s Kitchen promises a financial windfall. But internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.” Simmons will star as Eamon Sweeney, described as “the charismatic but ruthless leader of The Westies, whose old-school charm and neighborhood loyalty mask fierce criminal ambition and calculated brutality.”
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