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Mira Sorvino’s Son Just Saw Her Late Dad Paul’s Goodfellas for First Time: ‘Can’t Believe That’s My Grandpa’ (Exclusive)


Mira Sorvino's 18-year-old son, Johnny Backus, recently watched 'Goodfellas' — the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic film that stars her late father, Paul Sorvino — for the first time because ‘he’s adult enough to watch’ it now.

Sorvino's father — who died in 2022 at the age of 83 — played mobster Paul "Paulie" Cicero in the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic, alongside Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta. The couple most recently worked together on the psychological thriller Daft State, which Backus stars in and Sorvino executive produced. The movie follows Easton (Backus) as “destruction drives him to the edge of sanity and possible self-harm by those who love him most…his wife and daughter," per the film’s official synopsis.

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