{"id":1997206,"date":"2025-09-04T17:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1997206"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:41:15","slug":"steve-buscemi-says-weve-been-pronouncing-his-name-wrong-but-hes-even-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/steve-buscemi-says-weve-been-pronouncing-his-name-wrong-but-hes-even-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Buscemi says we&#8217;ve been pronouncing his name wrong \u2014 but he&#8217;s even confused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F09%2F110678262.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/12\/us-news\/boardwalk-empire-star-steve-buscemi-attacked-by-rock-wielding-maniac-in-nyc\/\">Steve Buscemi<\/a> has kept on a good poker face all these years.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the actor, 67, has yet to correct anyone on the way his surname is pronounced. Now, Buscemi is setting the record straight.<\/p>\n<p>While on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nKrSMTUQF8w\">\u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d<\/a> on Wednesday, the producer spoke\u00a0about his cameo on the AppleTV+ series \u201cThe Studio,\u201d with host\u00a0Jimmy Fallon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two discussed\u00a0the scenes where the cast\u00a0can\u2019t figure out how to properly pronounce Buscemi\u2019s last name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt one point, they said \u2018Brusch-kemi,\u2019 like bruschetta,\u201d Fallon, 50, recounted, as Buscemi quipped, \u201cI don\u2019t like that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi reveals how his last name is really pronounced. <span class=\"credit\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Buscemi Was Intimidated Joining Wednesday Season 2, Talks Mispronouncing His Last Name\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nKrSMTUQF8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBoo-shemi, I like that,\u201d the\u00a0\u201cWednesday\u201d star teased. \u201cThat is the Italian way to say it, but I just didn\u2019t grow up that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up, we said Bue-semi, which I can\u2019t even do that anymore,\u201d Buscemi continued. <\/p>\n<p>Now, he is pronouncing his last name with the combination of \u201cboo\u201d and \u201csemi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buscemi added, \u201cI sort of take a little bit from each pronunciation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He joked, \u201cI don\u2019t know how to say my own name.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fallon also inquired which last name Buscemi went with when he was doing stand-up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi in \u201cWednesday.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi as Principal Dort in Season 2 of \u201cWednesday.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI shortened it to Buse,\u201d the \u201cPoker Face\u201d actor replied. \u201cYou can imagine the fun that MCs had with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with Buscemi\u2019s proper pronunciation of his moniker, the actor is also making headlines for his latest performance in Netflix\u2019s<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/19\/wednesday-tv-review-tim-burtons-addams-family-show-is-a-mixed-bag\/\"> \u201cWednesday.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The star joined the cast in Season 2 as Nevermore\u2019s new headmaster, Principal Dort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I\u2019ve been a fan of the show \u2018Addams Family\u2019 since I was a kid,\u201d Buscemi told Fallon. \u201cAnd then the movies. Then the first season too, before I knew I was going to be in the second season, I loved the first season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for how the experience was for the \u201cSopranos\u201d alum, he stated: \u201cEverybody was great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had worked with Tim Burton before, and I had worked with Jenna Ortega before,\u201d Buscemi continued. \u201cBut you come into something that is so well established and that people love. It is a little intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi as Principal Dort in \u201cWednesday.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi in the \u201cWednesday\u201d episode titled: \u201cThe Great Outwoes.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Along with the legendary actor coming aboard, the horror series gained another Hollywood vet: Mother Monster.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/entertainment\/who-does-lady-gaga-play-on-wednesday-season-2\/\">Lady Gaga, 39, made her debut on part two of Season 2 <\/a>as the deceased Nevermore Academy professor, Rosaline Rotwood.<\/p>\n<p>The actress appeared in episode six after\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/28\/entertainment\/jenna-ortega-blasted-for-saying-she-was-unhappy-after-wednesday-fame\/\">Wednesday (Ortega)<\/a>\u00a0is advised by her grandmother Hester (Joanna Lumley)\u00a0to visit Rotwood\u2019s grave in order to strengthen her psychic powers.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/entertainment\/wednesday-stars-attend-australian-event-as-major-announcement-for-hit-netflix-series-revealed\/\">Enid (Emma Myers)<\/a>\u00a0interrupts the ritual, which results in a body swap between Enid and Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Gaga also recorded the song \u201cThe Dead Dance\u201d for Season 2, with a music video directed by Tim Burton. <\/p>\n<p>Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, who plays Deputy Sheriff Ritchie Santiago in \u201cWednesday,\u201d\u00a0recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/entertainment\/lady-gagas-wednesday-season-2-stint-had-ndas-security-measures\/\">spoke with The Post<\/a> about having the singer on set. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi in \u201cFargo.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9GramercyPictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Buscemi in \u201cEscape From L.A.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGaga was like a spectre through the night,\u201d they gushed. \u201cLike you could feel the after-effect of her having been on set because everybody was still abuzz with that energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t necessarily cross paths with her at all. I wasn\u2019t shooting during that period,\u201d Lewis-Nyawo elaborated. \u201cBut I know that the production had to take a lot of security measures to make sure that she was safe, because with Gaga, that just comes with so many fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really, really exciting,\u201d they said, \u201cbut unfortunately I didn\u2019t get to hang out with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that [because of] everybody\u2019s NDAs, we just keep it all tidy and tidy,\u201d detailed Lewis-Nyawo. \u201cAs any kind of artist, regardless of where you are in your career and how much fame you might have or how much reach you might have, it\u2019s important to just keep that space a working space and allow people to just be able to show up as themselves and do the job that they need to do. So we take that out of the space.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Buscemi has kept on a good poker face all these years. In fact, the actor, 67, has yet to correct anyone on the way his surname is pronounced. Now, Buscemi is setting the record straight. 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