Tulsa King (2022-)

This relatively new TV show stars Sylvester Stallone as a former New York mafioso exiled from New York and force to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The show is still up and running, which is why it says 2022- up top

Summary

-After serving a 25 year prison sentence, Dwight "The General" Manfredi, a Mafia capo, is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cast

-Sylvester Stallone: Dwight "The General" Manfredi

-Martin Starr: Bodhi

-Jay Will: Tyson Mitchell

-Garrett Hedlund: Mitch Keller

-Dana Delany: Margaret Devereaux

-Chris Caldovino: Dennis "Goodie" Carangi

-McKenna Quigley Harrington: Grace

-Vincent Piazza: Vince Antonacci

-Annabella Sciorra: Joanne Manfredi

-Dashiell Connery: Clint

-Tatiana Zappardino: Tina Manfredi

-Frank Grillo: Bill Bevilaqua

-Dominick Lombardozzi: Charles "Chickie" Invernizzi

-Ritchie Coster: Caolan Waltrip

-Scarlet Rose Stallone: Spencer

Did You Know?

-This is Sylvester Stallone's first lead role in a television series

-Out of all the filming locations he's ever been to, Sylvester Stallone described Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the dusty weather, the temperatures hovering between 103 degrees-111 degrees, as being "By-far, the roughest" filming location he's ever experienced

-Ritchie Coster kept speaking in what he described as his character's terrible Irish accent for fear of losing it if he stopped speaking

-Dwight's nickname is Cinque Stelle, which is five stars in Italian. It also means Five Star General, the rank of the man who gave him his name, Dwight D. Eisenhower

-The character Spencer is played by Sylvester Stallone's real life daughter Scarlet Rose Stallone

-Most of the series was filmed in Oklahoma City, not Tulsa

-Ironically, Chris Caldovino and Vincent Piazza appeared in another TV show about mobsters. Boardwalk Empire on HBO. Chris played Tonino Luciano and Vincent played "Lucky" Luciano

Chris Caldovino

Vincent Piazza

-Vincent Piazza, Max Casella and Annabella Sciorra also appeared together on the HBO TV show The Sopranos. Vincent Piazza played a character named Hernan O'Brien. Max Casella played a character named Benny Fazio. Annabella Sciorra played a character named Gloria Trillo, a Mercedes car dealership employee and mistress of Tony Soprano

Vincent Piazza, The Sopranos

Max Casella, The Sopranos

Annabella Sciorra, The Sopranos

-This series helped Annabella Sciorra get her career back on track after it was revealed that Harvey Weinstein tried to destroy her career because she refused to sleep with him