John Goodman steals the show in The Gambler

By Garry Maddox
January 30 2015 - 11:45pm
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
John Goodman jokes that he might give up acting and start a rugby club. Photo: Maarten de Boer
John Goodman jokes that he might give up acting and start a rugby club. Photo: Maarten de Boer
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
John Goodman jokes that he might give up acting and start a rugby club. Photo: Maarten de Boer
John Goodman jokes that he might give up acting and start a rugby club. Photo: Maarten de Boer
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
Los Angeles underworld: Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi, left) and Frank (John Goodman ) in The Gambler.
John Goodman jokes that he might give up acting and start a rugby club. Photo: Maarten de Boer
John Goodman jokes that he might give up acting and start a rugby club. Photo: Maarten de Boer

Frank is a loan shark in the Los Angeles underworld. Sweating with his shirt off in a sauna, as bloated and wobbly as Jabba the Hutt, he's a menacing character who dispenses profane philosophy to a gambler who should have known when to quit.

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