The gf likes this show, but I can't take Steve Buscemi as the lead role seriously... maybe it's been his history of supporting roles in film, but he doesn't seem fitted for the strong arm.
post by arkquimanthorn at Jan 6,2011 10:04am
"The real life figure of Enoch "Nucky" Johnson served as the inspiration for the "Nucky" Thompson. Johnson was a physically commanding man, both tall and heavyset, with a receding hairline. He was quite unlike actor Steve Buscemi and resembled the character of Tony Soprano from "The Sopranos" (1999). "Boardwalk Empire" creator Terence Winter also wrote for "The Sopranos" (1999) and created the character "Nucky" Thompson with Buscemi in mind, partially to make a central figure differing largely from Tony Soprano. "