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Why Are Film Directors Always Killing Steve Buscemi?
Steve Buscemi entered most people’s radar with his performance as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino’s debut film Reservoir Dogs. He’s known for playing sleazy, fast-talking criminals and outcasts and has been a favorite of filmmakers like Jim Jarmusch and the Coen Brothers.
Before Buscemi became an actor, he worked as a bartender, an ice cream man and a New York City fireman. He began acting in 1985 and became an indie-film staple with low-budget classics like Ghost World and Living In Oblivion. For some reason, when Buscemi appears in a film there is almost a guarantee he will be killed before the end credits. His characters have been shot, bludgeoned, blown up, burned, run over and pulverized. Buscemi said, “When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed.”
Here’s a list of Steve Buscemi’s movie deaths.
Twenty Bucks — He’s shot in the chest and killed by Christopher Lloyd after an argument.
The Grey Zone — Shot in the chest by Harvey Keitel.
The Last Outlaw — Mickey Rourke shoots him in the face.
Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead — Treat Williams shoots him in the chest with a rifle.
The Dinnertime Killer — Stabbed in the chest, involved in a car crash then his body is doused in gasoline and set aflame.
Billy Bathgate — He is shot to death by hitmen.
Boardwalk Empire — Shot and killed on the boardwalk by Travis Tope.
Lonesome Dove — Scalped by a band of rampaging Sioux Indians.
Desperado — Stabbed in the chest when Danny Trejo hurls several knives at him.
The Island — Shot in a bar and falls over a second-story balcony through a glass bartop.
Miller’s Crossing — Shot in the face by John Turturro in the middle of the woods. (His first of three Coen Brothers film fatalities.)
Tales From The Crypt — Roger Daltrey tricks him into entering an off limits part of the jungle where he dies of an exotic flesh-eating virus.
Domestic Disturbance — Stabbed in the back with an ice pick by Vince Vaughn. (During production, Buscemi and…
