Christopher Meloni Teams With Daughter Sophia Meloni to Star in Indie Feature ’Chop Cheese’
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The ‘Law & Order: SVU’ star plays a supporting role opposite Michael Gandolfini in a film inspired by Sophia Meloni’s younger brother, Dante, and finished with the help of her mother, friends and cousins.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Christopher Meloni is keeping it all in the family for his next film project. The veteran star teamed with his daughter, Sophia Meloni, for a role in her feature directorial debut called Chop Cheese , alongside a cast that includes Michael Gandolfini , Luca Rickman, Anki Alvarez and Dylan Frankel. The film is described as a coming-of-age story set in New York’s bodega culture. It follows a 16-year-old boy as he reckons with manhood while vying for “boss” status from the grill master at the local bodega, only to learn that respect has a price and must be earned. Related Stories TV Christopher Meloni to Star in Hulu's NFL Drama From Dan Fogelman TV 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Teases a Stabler-Benson Reunion Sophia Meloni wrote and directed the film, which was produced by Lisa Rudin. Nailing the family focus, Chop Cheese was inspired by a short story the fledgling filmmaker wrote in college while observing the teenage years of her younger brother, Dante, as he was living out a phase of “radical self-discovery” in New York City. It’s also informed by her own history, having a successful actor for a father and a production designer mother, meaning she grew up on sets and around artists and other creative professionals. She recruited some — like her mother, Sherman Williams, longtime friend Gandolfini and cousins — to pitch in and help get the film across the finish line by filling in wherever possible. “I became fascinated by the mystery of the teenage boy, so certain, so fragile and completely consumed by the urgency of becoming someone. One small anecdote from that time — a summer job taken to repay a debt — kept resurfacing, not because it was dramatic but because it felt true. That’s the New York story I wanted to tell,” Sophia Meloni say...
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