Published: Tuesday, 22 April 2025 13:48 | Written by Suzanne Marie Lanoue
The crime drama Godfather of Harlem, which recently premiered on MGM Plus, tells the fictionalized story of "Bumpy" Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who works to become a major crime boss after leaving jail in the early 1960's. While he was away, the Italian Mafia took over his neighborhood, so he must fight against them to regain his control.
Michael Raymond-James joined this series in 2023 as crime boss Joe Colombo, one of the Mafia Five Families in NYC. In real life, Colombo was an activist for Italian rights in the 60's and was shot and paralyzed as he was protesting. In the show, Colombo is one of the up-and-coming mobsters, vying for a spot in the Five Families. He's had a relationship with Stella Gigante (Lucy Fry), the daughter of another mobster, Vincent Gigante (Vincent D'Onofrio), head of the Genovese crime family.
Raymond-James and Lucy Fry recently chatted with SciFi Vision about season four of the series, their characters' relationship, acting with the new addition of Rome Flynn (who plays Frank Lucas) and playing alongside so many legendary actors like Whitaker, D'Onofrio and others.