Feirstein brings in legendary actor and Brooklyn’s own John Turturro
Fresh off a big year on the screen, John Turturro shared his secrets to success with a packed room of students at Brooklyn College’s expanding filmic branch.
The Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema continues to score big. This time, with the procurement of a legendary and thriving stage and screen actor – the effervescent and experienced John Turturro – a Brooklyn native and current Park Slope resident. His involvement with Brooklyn College comes at a time when Turturro is busily continuing to soar on-screen, but it seems a natural fit, considering his Brooklyn roots and that Turturro himself is a product of a post-graduate edification, albeit fortified in the ivy-clad towers of the Yale School of Drama.
It was last month that Turturro stopped by to recount this journey and his five-decade-spanning career with the Feirstein students. In a packed screening room on the Steiner Studios film lot, he joined in conversation with executive director Richard Gladstein. The conversation marked the beginning of what will surely be a fruitful relationship, as Turturro will go on to serve as a mentor for the students and also an advisor to Gladstein.
And it comes off a reinvigorating year for Turturro, who starred as crime boss Carmine Falcone in the recent blockbuster film, The Batman, and who captured the hearts of critics with his soulful performance as “Irving” in the hit show Severance from Apple TV+. The Eagle was also able to speak with Mr. Turturro after his talk at Feirstein, and we learned that at age 65, he’s not even close to finished – with many projects still on the horizon (and also his philosophy on mustaches … more on that later).