Lawrence John Romano, of Mount Vernon, has the style of Robert DeNiro, the training of Al Pacino and the ambition of Sylvester Stallone.
His looks - the dark hair, eyes, and mysterious persona - are early DeNiro. His training - weekly acting classes in Manhattan - is with Charlie Laughton, Pacino’s personal acting coach. His ambition - to star in a play or movie he has written - mirrors Stallone’s success with Rocky.
Not surprisingly, Romano’s favorite actors are DeNiro and Pacino, and Rocky is among his favorite films.
“Sylvester Stallone is someone I look up to, in the way he wrote the first Rocky,” Romano, 23, says. “He was struggling. I’m in the same position he was 10 years ago. I’ve seen that film 100 times.” Romano’s interest turned to writing and drama about two years ago. His first work is to be produced in late May at the Lee Strasberg Theatrical Institute in Manhattan.
His knowledge about acting and writing comes from his heart, his gut and the streets of the Bronx. “There weren’t a lot of scripts coming from a guy like me, a New York street kid. So I decided to write about things that are close to me.” he says.
