“There’s a lot happening,” the lifelong Brooklynite told this paper. To start, he said, he will wrap up work on “The Life and Death of John Gotti,” directed by Kevin Connolly, in which he co-stars as Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, alongside John Travolta’s John Gotti. “To work with John Travolta has been a dream come true,” DeMeo said. “It was amazing to work alongside a legend like Travolta. He is such a humble man.” Co-stars aside, DeMeo looks forward to showing the world two sides to Sammy “the Bull.” “I really got to show this tough, almost arrogant mob-enforcer side to him,” he said, “but then I got to really humanize him on the witness stand. There, he became much more soft spoken and humble. It was a challenge, but I loved it.” To be released around the same time as the John Gotti movie, DeMeo said, is “First Kill,” an action flick directed by Steven C. Miller, currently in post-production, in which the Brooklyn boy co-stars as a cop named Richie, alongside A-list celebrities like Hayden Christensen and Bruce Willis. “Working with those guys was such a great experience,” DeMeo said, noting that he has always been a fan of director Miller’s work, as well as Connolly’s. The film focuses around a police chief (played by Willis) who tries to solve a kidnapping that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage. Also coming down the pipeline is a film called “Forgiving Kevin,” a project that hits close to home for the actor’s hometown about an all- American athlete with a promising future, a loving family, and a heroin addiction, and another called “Breaking Point,” in which he plays a Wall Street hot shot named Tommy DeCarlo, and stars alongside lifelong friend (and former “Sopranos” star) Joseph D’Onofrio. Moving away from the big screen, DeMeo is QNS.com 34 WINTER 2016
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