Peter Facinelli On Vinny Paz Role & How ‘Jersey Shore’ Made Him Want To Change His Name

           Peter Facinelli comments on the role of Vinny “Paz” Pazienza and the Jersey Shore stereotype:

“Peter Facinelli is best known for playing a duo of doctors – Carlisle in “The Twilight Saga” and Coop in “Nurse Jackie” – but he might be stripping down to a pair of boxer’s shorts for a new role as in-the-ring champ Vinny Paz.

“I’m attached to it,” Peter told AccessHollywood.com of the film-in-the works, based on the life story of the Italian-American former world champ, who formerly went by Vinny Pazienza. “It’s pending script. Right now the script’s being written, so if the script is up to par, I’d love to do it.

“I’ve met Vinny Paz and I think his story is very inspirational,” Peter added. “It’d be fun to do a boxing movie.”

Read the rest of the article here at Access Hollywood.

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