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Michael Gandolfini & Blake Rice Talk Cannes-Selected, Oscar Contender Short ‘Tea’; Shared New Jersey Roots & Setting Zany-Dramatic Tone
Michael Gandolfini & Blake Rice Talk Cannes-Selected, Oscar Contender Short ‘Tea’; Shared New Jersey Roots & Setting Zany-Dramatic Tone
A serendipitous outcome of The Many Saints of Newark was his friendship with producer and actor Gabriella Piazza, who played Joanne Moltisanti in the show, who in turn introduced him to emerging director Blake Rice. The 25-year-old actor is now getting his first taste of awards season through his performance in Rice’s short film Tea, produced by Piazza and shot over less than two days in the backlot of a Spirit Halloween pop-up, standing in for a New Jersey strip mall. Instead, the crew and cast – which include Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Noah Centineo, Charles Melton and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – held a special screening on the fringes of the set.
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