Nicky Santoro, the inspiration for Joe Pesci's character in 'Casino,' led a violent life of crime that ended most brutally.
Martin Scorsese has made many brilliant contributions to film, but The Killers of the Flower Moon and Taxi Driver director is perhaps best known for giving audiences extremely memorable characters. Veteran actor Joe Pesci, through his decades-long collaboration with Martin Scorsese, has played many of them, beginning with Joey LaMotta in Raging Bull, and continuing through with his Oscar-nominated performance as Russell Bufalino in The Irishman.
'Casino's Gnarly Violence Is Inspired by Real Events In the 1960s, the neighborhood of Elmwood Park was home to a number of high-profile members of the Chicago outfit, and therefore considered off-limits for criminal activity. Two 24-year-old men, however, either weren't privy to this knowledge or simply didn't care.
RELATED: ‘Mean Streets’ Review: Martin Scorsese Gives Everything You Could Want From a ‘70s Gangster Film Anthony Spilotro's Behavior Went Too Far By 1979, Spilotro's impulsive and reckless behavior had simply become too much to manage. After one of his associates, Sherwin "Jerry" Lisner, was apprehended by the FBI and intended to testify in court, Anthony and another mobster took it upon themselves to kill Lisner without approval from the Chicago outfit.
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