The career of actor Dominic Sessa is really cooking now that he’s been cast as Anthony Bourdain in a new biopic.
The actor, who was acclaimed in his debut role in 2023’s “The Holdovers” opposite Paul Giamatti, will portray the famed chef and TV host in the film “Tony,” alongside Antonio Banderas.
The film is set in 1976, and Sessa will portray a pre-fame Bourdain whose life changes while working and living in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Banderas’ role is being kept under wraps, but shooting is expected to commence next month.
Bourdain, after a career that took him from culinary school to becoming the executive chef of New York’s Brasserie Les Halles, to best-selling author and TV host on CNN and the Travel Channel, died by suicide in June 2018.
Social media had strong reactions, both on board and against the casting choice.
Those who weren’t as excited took a “what would Tony do?” approach to the news.