Steve Buscemi has kept on a good poker face all these years.
In fact, the actor, 67, has yet to correct anyone on the way his surname is pronounced. Now, Buscemi is setting the record straight.
While on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, the producer spoke about his cameo on the AppleTV+ series “The Studio,” with host Jimmy Fallon. 8
The two discussed the scenes where the cast can’t figure out how to properly pronounce Buscemi’s last name.
“At one point, they said ‘Brusch-kemi,’ like bruschetta,” Fallon, 50, recounted, as Buscemi quipped, “I don’t like that one.” 8
“Boo-shemi, I like that,” the “Wednesday” star teased. “That is the Italian way to say it, but I just didn’t grow up that way.”
“Growing up, we said Bue-semi, which I can’t even do that any