Opening this Friday is director Don Scardino's magician comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. The film stars Steve Carell as a Vegas magician whose relationship with his partner becomes strained as the two start getting upstaged by a hipper illusionist, played by Jim Carrey. The pic is full of wild comedic performances, and one of the highlights of the film is most certainly Steve Buscemi as Carell's partner Anton Marvelton. A beloved character actor, Buscemi has been shining in supporting roles for years, and he's one of the few who can seamlessly move between drama and comedy. Buscemi has been doing stellar work as the lead on the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire for the past few years, but with Burt Wonderstone he gets to show off his comedic chops in a fairly large supporting role as Anton. I recently attended the press junket for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone in Las Vegas, and while there I got to sit down with Buscemi for a one-on-one interview. The actor talked about how refreshing it was to play a character like Anton, how he goes about choosing which film projects he's going to make during his hiatus from Boardwalk Empire, and much more. Buscemi also talked about the upcoming fourth season of Boardwalk Empire, his voice work in Monsters University, and his many memorable roles in Adam Sandler's films. Collider: How much of the film's current iteration of Anton was on the page and how much did it change when you came onto the film? STEVE BUSCEMI: It ...
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