Anthony Bourdain biopic in the works — here’s who’s rumored to play the late chef
nypost.comDeadline. A24 is reportedly in talks to produce the project. Sessa, 21, rose to fame in “The Holdovers” playing Angus Tully, a boarding school student left at his school over Christmas break while classics teacher Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) was forced to chaperone.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who co-starred as cafeteria manager and grieving mother Mary Lamb, won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the film.
At present, it hasn’t been announced what era of Bourdain’s life “Tony” will cover or how many years it will span. There’s a lot of ground to cover, even if it’s focusing on his younger years.
Bourdain grew up in Manhattan and New Jersey, with a record exec father and a New York Times editor mother, and worked at various seafood restaurants in Provincetown, Massachusetts, before attending the prestigious Culinary Institute of America and running various restaurants in New York City.
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