Frank Grillo was excited to step into Bill Bevilaqua’s cowboy boots once again for Tulsa King Season 4.
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Grillo → step → Season
After being held in federal custody for the bulk of Season 3, Bevilaqua wastes no time reestablishing himself as head of one of the fiercest outposts of the Renzetti family.
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Bevilaqua → hold → family
In the Season 4 premiere, it’s clear that Bevilaqua hasn’t decided who will be the most useful to him as he amasses the power he craves: Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) or Ray “Quiet Ray” Renzetti (James Russo).
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Manfredi → ’ → power
“Bill has no allegiance to either one of them, but he could use both of them against each other,” said Grillo.
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Grillo → use → other
“He’s eager to see how it plays out before he decides who his true ally is.”
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ally → ’ → ?
While Bevilaqua may have mixed feelings about both men, Manfredi has changed the way that Bevilaqua runs his operation.
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Bevilaqua → have → operation
Before Bevilaqua encountered Manfredi, Grillo admits there was “complacency on Bill’s part” where his business was concerned.
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business → encounter → part
“Dwight did awaken something in Bill that continues to grow as the season goes on,” said Grillo.
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Grillo → awaken → Bill
“Parts of Bill that he didn’t know will continue to surface.”
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he → know → that
As contentious as their relationship is at times, Grillo acknowledged that “Dwight respects Bill tremendously, and vice versa.”
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Dwight → acknowledge → Bill
Grillo was thrilled that Bevilaqua and Manfredi travel to New York City for a meeting of the Renzetti family in the Season 4 premiere.
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Bevilaqua → thrill → premiere
“Tulsa King is telling a lot of stories, but at its core, it’s a show about the mob,” said Grillo.
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Grillo → tell → mob
One of the most shocking scenes of the episode occurs when Renzetti makes an example of a disloyal boss by cutting off his head and showing it to the rest of the men.
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Renzetti → occur → men
“There’s a moment between Bill and Dwight when that head drops on the table,” said Grillo.
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Grillo → ’ → table
“That energy carries forward into the future.”
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energy → carry → future
Grillo hopped on a Zoom with Decider to discuss the Season 4 premiere, reveal what drives Bevilaqua, and more.
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what → hop → Bevilaqua
What I love most about Tulsa King is that—even when things are dark—everyone looks like they are having a great time.
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they → love → time
What does it mean to you to be part of this ensemble?
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it → mean → ensemble
Oh, it’s huge for me.
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it → ’ → me
It’s no secret how much I revere Sylvester Stallone.
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I → ’ → Stallone
It’s a gift to get to work with him and everybody else.
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It → ’ → him
He’s just really special.
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He → ’ → ?
There are a lot of laughs, but we take our work very seriously.
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we → be → work
We just don’t take ourselves very seriously [laughs].
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We → take → ourselves
So, I’m glad you can see that.
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you → ’m → that
Do you think Bill was content in Kansas City before Dwight came along?
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Dwight → think → City
Or did Dwight awaken something in him?
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Dwight → awaken → him
That’s a great question that no one’s ever asked me.
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one → ’ → me
I asked myself that when I got the first script.
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I → ask → script
The answer is, no, I don’t think he was happy.
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he → think → ?
I really don’t.
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I → do → ?
I think there was a complacency on Bill’s part.
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I → think → part
He was born into this lifestyle, but the Kansas City mob thing is small time compared to the New York family.
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thing → bear → family
Nobody’s taking him very seriously.
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Nobody → take → him
Dwight did awaken something in Bill that continues to grow as the season goes on.
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season → awaken → Bill
Parts of Bill that he didn’t know will continue to surface.
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he → know → that
It’s revealed in the first episode that Bill was held for four weeks by Musso and the feds.
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Bill → reveal → Musso
It’s clear that Bill is pissed, but Dwight tries to downplay what happened to him.
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what → ’ → him
I think that Dwight underestimates Bill.
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Dwight → think → Bill
Would you agree?
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you → agree → ?
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