As it turns out, Franzese is also a real person and he had no idea he was going to be mentioned in the movie, and to make it worse, by the time Goodfellas came out, he had already left the mob, but the way he did so was against the mafia code.
Michael Franzese is one of the names mentioned in the scene where Henry is walking through the Bamboo Lounge, introducing the audience to all the mobsters that gathered there. There was also one particular case where Goodfellas almost got a real-life gangster into trouble. It’s worth noting that Scorsese even cast some real wiseguys in the movie, which was a bit of a problem when the studio had to put them on the payroll, as they kept giving fake and inaccurate Social Security numbers. Luckily for the crew behind Goodfellas, real gangsters reacted quite well to it, with Pileggi telling GQ in 2010 that they love it “because it’s the real thing” and they knew the people featured in it, so it felt “like a home movie”. Related: Goodfellas: Where To Spot Martin Scorsese's Parent's CameosĪlthough the names of the main characters in Goodfellas were changed (with the exception of Henry’s name), many other characters, either supporting or minor, retained the names of their real-life counterparts, so whether Scorsese and company wanted it or not, there was a certain level of risk of the mob not liking what they saw in the movie. However, there’s one specific audience that reacted to Goodfellas in different ways: real-life gangsters. Goodfellas was very well-received by critics and viewers and won various awards, most notably the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Joe Pesci, who played Tommy DeVito.
Based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, Goodfellas chronicles the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his days as a teenager running errands for Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) and his crew, to his full involvement with the Lucchese crime family and his decision to become an FBI informant years later.
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