New Trailer and Poster for John Turturro's 'Fading Gigolo' Co-Starring Woody Allen

As we've seen with Woody Allen lifting the veil early on his next film, Magic in the Moonlight, the veteran director is doing things a little bit differently. For instance, he'll be co-starring in John Turturro's indie comedy Fading Gigolo, marking his first time acting in a film directed by another in more than a decade.

The latest trailer is thick with Allen and Turturro's neuroses, which makes them a combination that should gel perfectly. Allen plays a book dealer who starts pimping out Turturro in an effort to get out of a financial bind. Sofia Vergara plays the woman who helps kick off this lucrative business venture in the world's oldest profession by hiring Turturro to be a part of a threesome. It's silly stuff, and Turturro, who directs and co-wrote the script, is clearly following in Allen's stylistic footprints.

Co-starring Liev Schreiber and Sharon Stone, Fading Gigolo opens April 18th.


"Fading Gigolo" Trailer starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sofía Vergara, and Sharon Stone by thesevensees

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Woody Allen Pimps Out John Turturro in First 'Fading Gigolo' Trailer

It takes a lot to get Woody Allen to appear on screen, much less in somebody else's film. After more than a decade since his last appearance in the work of another, perhaps Allen has recognized a kindred spirit in John Turturro, who appeared in Hannah and her Sisters and worked with him albeit briefly on Company Man. The two screen neurotics are pairing up on Turturro's next directorial feature, Fading Gigolo, and the first trailer suggests it's a teaming that should have happened long ago.

Turturro pulls triple duty on this one, writing, directing, and starring as a guy employed in the world's oldest profession, with Allen as his best friend, a book seller who turns pimp to help him out of a financial bind. If the idea of Allen pimping anybody isn't enough to float your boat, then there are also a couple of choice looks at co-stars Sofia Vergara and Sharon Stone.

Fading Gigolo will premiere at TIFF in just a few weeks, where it will hopefully find distribution.

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