Goodness had nothing to do with brat packers playing Wild West legends in Young Guns. Cuteness did. And cuteness probably will have a lot to do with the appeal of Mobsters, a view of the youthful years of such underworld luminaries as Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Frank Costello—portrayed, respectively, by Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco and Aussie import Mandylor. An Australian mafioso? Ive lost most of that twang, says Mandylor, who moved to Los Angeles in 1987. Ive been trying to get that mid-U.S.A., nowhere kind of cant-tell-where-Im-from thing. Besides, while growing up Down Under, the actor—a son of Greek immigrants—watched hoods operate outside the seedy nightclub owned by an uncle. It wasnt always pretty. But Mandylor is undeniably cute. (He wont say whom hes dating, but we hear its actress Talisa Soto, 24, who has appeared twice as a James Bond fern me fatale.) A professional soccer player until hobbled by shinsplints, he hasnt given up entirely on his other sport, boxing, and still spars to keep in shape. Sometimes in movies, he says, a nice face cant act. I dont want to have that problem. Hey, Ill blacken my tooth, pull out my eye, anything to get a decent role. How about just keep boxing? Taken from People Magazine July 18th 1991
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