Latest Jersey Boys Movie Casting Update: @THR Reports Jeremy Luke to Play ‘Donnie’; Joey Russo to Play ‘Joe Pesci’!
August 5th, 2013The Hollywood Reporter’s Rebecca Ford has the latest casting update in the film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS!
Jeremy Luke and Joey Russo have been cast in Jersey Boys, the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, which will be helmed by Clint Eastwood.
Luke, who has been cast to star in Frank Darabont’s upcoming TNT drama Lost Angels, will play Donnie, a loan shark who is trying to extort money from Frankie Valli.
Russo has been cast as Joe “Joey” Pesci, who helped create the ’60s musical group.
Luke and Russo, friends in real life, both hail from Staten Island and moved out to Los Angeles together. They created the web series Turbo and Joey.
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