Frank Sivero has sued Fox for $250 million in a lawsuit that claims the Simpsons’ character Louie is based off Frankie Carbone, who he played in Goodfellas .
Actor Frank Sivero has filed a $250 million lawsuit that claims The Simpsons' creator got the idea for the character Louie from the Frankie Carbone character that he played in Martin Scorsese's gangster movie Goodfellas in 1990.
The Simpsons introduced the Springfield Mafia, which includes mob boss Fat Tony and his "wiseguys" Louie and Legs, 23 years ago to the Springfield world. Louie first appeared in a Season 4 episode in October 1991 and has appeared in 16 episodes since.
Silvero claims in the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday that in 1989 he lived in an apartment next door to The Simpsons writers in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood. The lawsuit alleges in particular that The Simpsons producer James L. Brooks was "highly aware of who Sivero was, the fact that he created the role of Frankie Carbone, and that The Simpsons character Louie would be based on this character."
"During this time, both writers knew who Sivero was, and they saw each other almost every day," the complaint reads. "They knew he was developing the character he was to play in the movie Goodfellas, a movie Sivero did in 1989. In fact, they were aware the entire character of 'Frankie Carbone' was created and developed by Sivero, who based this character on his own personality."
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