The Sopranos Alum Al Sapienza Joins Brick City Cast
The sopranos connection now runs through Brick City, where Al Sapienza has been cast as Frank DeRocco. The upcoming indie mob film has also lined up Paul Borghese, Kelvin McGrue, Victoria Rooney, Regina Schneider, Kathrina Miccio and Hal Miers, giving the project a cast with recognizable TV credits before it reaches audiences.
Paul Borghese Leads Brick City
Paul Borghese leads the film as John “Johnny Bricks” Trasmundi, a low-level mob associate forced to confront deadly consequences from his past while trying to protect his future and his teenage daughter. Victoria Rooney plays Grace Trasmundi, Johnny’s daughter, which keeps the story centered on a family pressure point rather than just the criminal side of the plot.
Al Sapienza arrives as Frank DeRocco, a powerful crime boss. For viewers who know him from The Sopranos, where he played Mikey Palmice, that casting gives Brick City a direct line to a series that still signals credibility in mob storytelling. It also gives the production a clearer selling point as an indie feature competing for attention against larger titles.
Kelvin McGrue Joins the Mix
Kelvin McGrue adds another familiar credit through Luke Cage, broadening the film's cross-genre reach beyond the mob format. Regina Schneider and Kathrina Miccio join the supporting cast, along with Hal Miers, filling out the ensemble around Borghese and Sapienza.
Jack Foley is writing and directing Brick City, and Brownstone Films is working alongside him. Foley has already drawn praise for his two short films, Heart of Gold and Lizzie, while Jake Simpson is serving as cinematographer and brings Emmy recognition to the production team.
Jack Foley's Indie Setup
The cast reveal is the kind of move that matters for an independent film because it gives buyers, viewers and potential festival programmers a clean read on the project: a mob story led by Borghese, anchored by Sapienza, and backed by a director with short-film credits and an Emmy-recognized cinematographer. That combination is more useful than generic “in development” language because it tells the audience exactly why Brick City is trying to rise above the noise.
What comes next is simple enough for readers tracking the film: if Brick City keeps this cast intact, the production will have a stronger case for attention the moment it moves from reveal mode to the first real material. For now, the headline is the casting itself, and Sapienza’s turn as Frank DeRocco is the clearest signal that this one is aiming at the mob-movie lane with intent.
