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Feb 9, 2024 · Marisa Tomei channeled her inner bad boss in the new Amazon Prime movie "Upgraded," and said it didn't come naturally to her. “It’s hard for me to do that. I’m like, ‘No one’s going to take...
- Elena Nicolaou
Mar 28, 2024 · This spring, Marisa Tomei has a new film, High Tide, coming out as she concurrently garners buzz for her “bad boss” role in Amazon Prime’s Upgraded, a bit of a modern-day Cinderella tale.
- Her Greatest Fear Was Tripping Up While Receiving An Oscar – Which She Did
- Mona Lisa Vito Was Almost Entirely Cut Out of The My Cousin Vinny Script
- She Was Roommates with A Different World Co-Star Lisa Bonet in Real Life
- She Turned Down The Role of Carrie in Four Weddings and A Funeral
- The Wrestler Director Darren Aronofsky Was Tomei’s High School Friend
- She’S Godmother to X-Men Star Zoë Kravitz
- Lady Gaga Wants Tomei to Play Her in A Biopic
- She’S A Keen Belly Dancer
- She Feuded with SNL Producers During Her Time on The Show
- She Has The Eye of Ra Tattooed on Her Right Foot For Good Luck
During the run-up to the 1993 Oscars ceremony, Tomei was in the running for an award thanks to her critically acclaimed performance in My Cousin Vinny. [rtk_adunit_top] Speaking to Entertainment Tonight before the show, Tomei joked that her worst fear was that she might trip while collecting the prize. On the night itself, as she won the award for ...
Tomei’s big break came in 1992 when she starred in My Cousin Vinny as Vinny Gambini’s (Joe Pesci) fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito. [rtk_adunit_top] Her performance saw the young actress bag the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – but Tomei was almost cut from the film completely. Back in 2007, screenwriter Dale Launer told Writer Unboxedthat the st...
In this sitcom about a historically black college, Tomei starred as Maggie, with Lisa Bonet playing Denise, her roommate. [rtk_adunit_top] The duo became the best of friends during the show’s production, and they ended up sharing a home in real life while filming in Georgia. Even though the two actresses only worked together for a relatively short ...
Tomei knew that Four Weddings and Funeralwas an amazing opportunity, but she chose to turn down appearing in the 1994 comedy. [rtk_adunit_top] Her grandfather was unwell at the time, and she wanted to remain close to him. Tomei has since described missing out on the classic film as her only regret when it comes to her career. [rtk_adunit_middle] Be...
In the acclaimed drama The Wrestler, Tomei stars as the female lead: a struggling stripper called Cassidy. [rtk_adunit_top] This part secured her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, with some critics heralding her performance as a standout in her career. Tomei and co-star Mickey Rourke were directed by Darren Aronofsky, who act...
Tomei became such close friends with Lisa Bonet while they co-starred in A Different World that Bonet chose her as godmother to daughter Zoë Kravitz. [rtk_adunit_top] In a 2018 InStyle interviewbetween Tomei and Kravitz, Tomei affectionately referred to Bonet as her “best friend.” Kravitz went on to say that Tomei played a huge part in her life and...
In a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone, Lady Gaga was asked who she’d like to play her in a film. [rtk_adunit_top] “I would have Marisa Tomei play me,” Gaga answered. “I am such a Marisa Tomei fan.” “All my friends call me Marisa when I get angry,” she said. “Because my New York accent just flies out of my body and I start smacking my gum.” [rtk_ad...
Tomei has long practised belly dancing, yoga and tai chi to wind down after a day’s work. [rtk_adunit_top] In a 2010 interview with Shape, Tomei said that belly dancing “not only keeps you in incredible shape, it’s good for women’s reproductive organs and hormones too.” Tomei told Shape that she is taught once a week by Nita Rubio, a teacher of “de...
Tomei once clashed with some of the most powerful people in the entertainment industry – the Saturday Night Live producers. [rtk_adunit_top] The producers brought in Tomei to guest host back in October 1994 – but things quickly went south. Tomei asked the SNL writers and producers to pull the segment she’d filmed for the show’s sketch Good Morning ...
Tomei doesn’t have any big tattoos, so you’d be forgiven for never noticing the small symbol she has inked on her foot. [rtk_adunit_top] Tomei has an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph, the eye of Ra, tattooed on her right foot. It’s only a small tattoo – but it’s very meaningful. The symbol represents the god’s eye and is supposed to protect and bring go...
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Mar 6, 2024 · Marisa Tomei channeled her inner bad boss in the new Amazon Prime movie "Upgraded," and said it didn't come naturally to her. “It’s hard for me to do that. I’m like, ‘No one’s going to take...
- Elena Nicolaou
Feb 4, 2022 · Tomei turned a character who could have been a punchline into a heroine who more than holds her own against Vinny — and prosecutor Jim Trotter III (Lane Smith), for that matter.
- Natasha Lavender
Feb 8, 2024 · Pictured from left to right: Art house assistants Ana Santos (Camila Mendes), Suzette (Rachel Matthews), and Renee (Fola Evans-Akingbola) watch as their boss, Claire Dupont (Marisa Tomei), searches for a mole in Carlson Young’s Prime Video romantic comedy, ‘Upgraded’. Photo credits to Prime Video.
Feb 7, 2022 · Expanding on the profound legacy of Marisa Tomei’s Seinfeld cameo, fans of her role as Aunt May in the MCU’s Spider-Man movies have joked on Twitter that they consider George Costanza to be the unseen Uncle Ben until proven otherwise.
