joe pantoliano played will gorski's dad in sense8.
joe pantoliano played will gorski's dad in sense8.
who plays will gorski's dad in sense8?
joe pantoliano
on june 20, 2014, "deadline hollywood" announced the cast of the eight lead characters, along with freema agyeman, naveen andrews, daryl hannah, alfonso herrera and eréndira ibarra. for the roles of those characters living outside of america, the filmmakers wanted to assemble a cast of international actors that matched the nationality of their respective characters, if possible. for example, doona bae, tina desai, and max riemelt are from seoul, mumbai, and berlin like their respective characters. because the eight leads share the same birthday, the actors selected were all somewhere between mid-20s and mid-30s. the filmmakers wanted to write a chinese, japanese or korean character and since the wachowskis had worked with bae on "cloud atlas" and "jupiter ascending" before, they decided on creating a korean character for her. bae expressed worry to them on signing on "sense8" because the proposed five-season plan could mean she would have to be able to film action scenes for the next 10 years, which would be difficult if she ever decided to get married and got pregnant. she joined the cast after the showrunners told her not to worry as they would kill off her character for her if that ever happened. jamie clayton is a trans woman like the character she plays. she was attracted to "sense8" because of the opportunity to play a transgender character that was written and directed by a transgender filmmaker, and because she was a fan of science fiction and straczynski. tuppence middleton knew the wachowskis were writing "sense8" while working with them on "jupiter ascending" but she did not think they would ask her to play a role. max riemelt was cast at the recommendation of director tom tykwer, who had been wanting to work with the actor for a long time. daryl hannah was brought in to read for whispers, because they were thinking of making him an androgynous character at the time, but when she arrived she was told they'd like her to read for the role of angelica. in november, "deadline hollywood" wrote than christian oliver had joined the cast as a recurring villain. oliver said he was excited to play a villain for the wachowskis for a second time, after "speed racer". joe pantoliano, who previously played in the wachowskis' "bound" and "the matrix", was cast in a small uncredited role as will's father.
production of sense8
as county executive, gorski would oppose mayor griffin several times. one of the first occurred in 1989 when griffin ignored vietnam veterans' request to use lasalle park to host the moving wall, a half-size replica of the washington, d.c.'s vietnam veterans memorial. gorski made chestnut ridge park, which is located south of buffalo in erie county, available to the veterans. a major crisis during his administration led to the threatened shutdown of the niagara frontier transportation authority bus and light rail buffalo metro rail subway service throughout western new york. at the time, buffalo was the smallest american city with a subway system and alfred savage had just resigned as executive director to assume that position with the chicago transit authority. during gorski's first term the local economy was revitalized: by march 1990, buffalo's monthly unemployment rate fell below the state average for the first time in 11 years, and the region's job growth had outpaced the state average for its fourth consecutive year. the city was ranked by "fortune" as one of the nation's top five growth communities. gorski signed the controversial item pricing law in 1991, making erie county one of the earliest counties to confirm the requirement that most supermarket products have a price tags. by the time he ran for re-election for the first time, he was backed by both the county democratic and conservative parties, and he was challenged by fourth-term incumbent mayor griffin. gorski handily won the democratic nomination over griffin by a 68–32 margin as well as the conservative party nomination. gorski handed griffin the first general election defeat of his political career when the mayor contested gorski as the republican party and new york state right to life party nominee. by the end of gorski's first term, he had established himself as the most influential person in western new york according to a report cited in "the new york times".
dennis t. gorski