New York Strip Clubs: Exclusive: City Island Director Raymond De Felitta
CS: I wanted to ask about Andy’s daughter Dominik playing his daughter in the movie; did he have any problem with his daughter playing a stripper and doing that stuff?
De Felitta: No, they’re such a family of professionals. No, he was delighted when I was interested in her playing the part. He was always very cool about telling me, “Look, this is totally a director’s decision.” I read her a few times, but I also loved the idea of his actual daughter doing it just because I thought it would be a great vibe for the movie as an experience too, and she’s a really good actress. So he had no issues at all although he didn’t bother to come to the set on the day that we did the strip club scene. (Laughs) But they’re pros.