Mira Sorvino’s Son Watches His Late Grandpa’s ‘Goodfellas’ For The First Time

Mira Sorvino’s son finally got to see one of his late grandfather’s classics from the ‘90s, Goodfellas, and he could not believe his eyes. Mira and her husband, Christopher Backus, disclosed this while promoting their new film Daft State. 

Mira’s dad, Paul Sorvino played Paul “Paulie” Cicero in the Martin Scorsese-directed film, which also featured Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta. It is arguably his most popular role, which was based on the real-life gangster Paul Vario. 

Mira Sorvino’s son recently watched ‘Goodfellas’ for the first time

Johnny Christopher King is a freshman at the University of Michigan, where he plays Division 1 baseball. The 18-year-old has a fairly active Instagram page, where he mostly posts about sports and trips. Mira’s husband Backus noted Goodfellas was not Johnny’s first experience watching his grandpa, as he grew up seeing Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe.

Paul played Santa in the 2009 romance movie, which featured Jenna McCarthy as his TV daughter, Mary. Backus revealed that Mira was glad to play Mrs. Claus in Finding Mrs. Claus because she saw how much Johnny and his siblings loved watching their grandfather in his Santa character. 

 

What happened to Paul Sorvino? 

Paul died at 83 in 2022 and was laid to rest at the Hollywood Forever Cemetry. Although he dealt with multiple health issues, including asthma and type 2 diabetes, he reportedly died of natural causes. He wrote a book, How To Become A Former Asthmatic, teaching others the special breathing techniques he used to cope. 

Paul also created the Paul Sorvino Foundation to help those suffering from asthma. Despite his health woes, he never retired from acting and was on-screen up until 2019, when he starred in Welcome to Acapulco and the epic series Godfather of Harlem. Paul’s final movie, The Ride, was released months after his passing.