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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Dominic Sessa Says the Mentoring You See on Screen in Tony Was Also Happening in Real Life · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: The Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony focuses on the earliest chapter
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  Speaker 2: of his career when he discovered his love for cooking
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  Speaker 2: while being mentored by a crew of chefs in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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  Speaker 2: And Dominic Sessa, who plays Anthony, says the mentoring you
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  Speaker 2: see on screen mirrored what was happening for him as
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  Speaker 2: an actor.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the chefs are played in part by Antonio Banderas
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  Speaker 3: and Leo Woodall, who he has a massive respect for
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  Speaker 3: and admiration for. And Dominic tells Collider, as much as
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  Speaker 3: they are influencing Tony in the film, that's how he
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  Speaker 3: looked at them in real life.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he remembers when Leo came to set, he was nervous. Like,
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  Speaker 4: this guy is a real deal actor. Not only did
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  Speaker 4: he not want to embarrass himself, he wanted to earn
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  Speaker 4: his trust.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of like being in the kitchen with an acclaimed chef.
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  Speaker 2: You don't want to burn their sauce. You don't want
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  Speaker 2: to blow another actor's great take.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and he had the same feelings about Antonio. He
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  Speaker 3: didn't want to make him angry. He wanted to cook
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  Speaker 3: with him. Dominic felt a ton of pressure, but he
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  Speaker 3: thrived in it.
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  Speaker 2: And that 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes suggests the recipe worked.
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  Speaker 2: Tony is now playing.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.