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Pacino as Joe

ChiTownLion

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In another bit of casting news, Annie Parisse (Law & Order, Friends From College, tons of other TV shows/movies) has been cast as Joe's daughter, Mary Kay Paterno....

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What's with the coat and sweater when the kids in the background are wearing shorts? It's like HBO is trying to make Joe look creepy.
It's July, but the picture was pretty clearly taken between filming sequences (hence the phone and earbuds) - they're probably filming a scene that takes place in the fall or winter. Pacino is dressed in character, but everyone who isn't in the scenes being shot is wearing July-appropriate clothing.
 
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