Derby’s Markanthony Izzo Spotted In ‘Broken City’

We reported a few weeks back that Prisoners,” a long-delayed movie, isn’t filming in Derby — but now we hear that a loveable Derby guy can be seen on the silver screen!

Derby’s Markanthony Izzo, a former Aldermen, is an extra in Broken City,” a recently released neo noir starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe.

You can spot Izzo, 58, during a protest scene at the very beginning of the movie, which was directed by Allen Hughes (co-director of Menace II Society” and The Book of Eli”).

Izzo, a towering figure in real life, is apparently easy to spot in the movie. We’re told he’s in the center of the screen, wearing a brown jacket. 

He’s screaming What do we want? JUSTICE! When do we want it? NOW!” along with a bunch of other people pretending they’re protesting something.

It happens quick but you should be able to see me,” Izzo said in an e‑mail.

Broken City” made $8.3 million over the three-day weekend, according to The Atlantic, where it was panned in a snarky column by movie critic Christopher Orr. 

But, on the bright side, the fancy-pants critic refers to Wahlberg’s 1997 masterpiece Boogie Nights“ as Boogie Knights,” so who gives a flying rat’s behind what he thinks, right? 

Izzo has previously appeared on screen in Woody Allen’s 1998 film Celebrity” and he’s had small parts on television in Law & Order” and Guiding Light.”

Most recently he was spotted in the trailer for the Kevin James yukfest Here Comes The Boom!”

Click here for more on his acting gigs and click here for a story CBS News did on him a few years back.

Congrats, Markanthony!

BONUS GOSSIP THAT YOULL ONLY SEE IN VERY SMALL TYPE IF YOU READ THIS FAR INTO THE STORY: We heard that Synthetic Cinema International was recently scouting spaces in downtown Ansonia as a potential location for a movie. Synthetic is a Connecticut-based movie production company. They’ve specialized in schlock horror flicks — but they’ve been steadily improving their output and have a deal to air flicks on the Chiller network.

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