According to Boston.com, Tony, an upcoming biopic about Bourdain’s early years spent working in restaurants in Provincetown — including local icon the Lobster Pot and the now-closed Flagship Restaurant — is currently holding an open casting call for “real restaurant kitchen staff with dynamic, unique personalities.” They are specifically seeking male restaurant workers of all ages and ethnicities. No prior acting experience is required, but experience working in a kitchen is preferred, per the notice.
Men who are interested are asked to email TONYcasting2025@gmail.com with their name, a recent photo, and a brief personal description. The filming for the biopic will take place in Provincetown from May through early July.
Bourdain’s first restaurant jobs were in Provincetown in the 1970s. His experience would ultimately spark the trajectory of his culinary career, as he has written about in his best-selling autobiography, Kitchen Confidential. It was also where he was first introduced to drugs, as he’s openly talked about on his former CNN show Parts Unknown.
Tony, backed by slick, Oscar-chasing film production company A24, is the latest in a slew of films and books that have been made in the wake of Bourdain’s death by suicide in 2018, even as critics have argued that enough is enough with the dissection of Bourdain’s life. (Earlier works include the 2021 documentary Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, and Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Bourdain’s collaborator and assistant Laurie Woolever, which was also published in 2021.) Tony, which stars the Holdovers’ Dominic Sessa, will be directed by Matt Johnson, whose credits include the 2023 film BlackBerry. A release date has not yet been announced.
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