‘Tulsa King’: Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight ‘Saves the F-Bombs for Gangster Mode’
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In Sylvester Stallone’s first major television role, created for him by Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone) and written by Terence Winter (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), he’s a New York City–bred Mafia capo who took a fall and spent 25 years in prison in Tulsa King.
The “reward” for his loyalty, besides becoming very well read? The boss exiles him to Oklahoma to start a new branch of the crime family.
Stallone sounds mighty kinglike in a TV-MA clip the actor shared on social media: As brawny Dwight “The General” Manfredi, 75, he profanely threatens a beheading if one guy approaches his estranged twentysomething daughter, Tina (Tatiana Zappardino).
“Dwight doesn’t curse as much as he used to. He saves the F-bombs for gangster mode,” Winter says. “He’s still trying to ply his trade but also trying to be a better, gentler, kinder version of himself.”
Tulsa King, Series Premiere, Sunday, November 13, Paramount+/Paramount Network
This is an excerpt from TV Guide Magazine’s 2022 Fall Preview issue. For more first looks at fall’s new shows, pick up the issue, on newsstands now.
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