How Dominic Sessa Became Anthony Bourdain

The Holdovers standout learned to shuck oysters and navigate the chaos of a restaurant kitchen to play a young Bourdain in the new film Tony. The actor speaks with VF about finding the man before the legend.

‘The Holdovers’ breakout serves up his biggest role yet, portraying the iconic chef as a young man in the new biopic Tony.

Author,TV host, food genius Anthony Bourdain was a master in and out of the kitchen, a genuine star, and a man who seemed to have it all until his life took a tragic turn at age 61 and resulted in his suicide. Certainly that is the stuff of a highly dramatic biopic, but not at…

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