{"id":2153881,"date":"2025-11-13T11:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2153881"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:40:34","slug":"a-bronx-tale-stars-reunite-32-years-after-the-original-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-bronx-tale-stars-reunite-32-years-after-the-original-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Bronx Tale&#8217; Stars Reunite 32 Years After The Original Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"styles_container__87Nfz styles_singleArticleDateCTAWrapper__fyUNd\">Nov 12, 2025 12:43 PM EST<\/div>\n<div class=\"styles_container__87Nfz styles_wrapper__7ffG2\" aria-label=\"AI Summaries\" style=\"--color-border:var(--color-pairing-1-background)\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_title__dHix3\">Key Points<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"styles_list__HaxrQ\">\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">Lillo Brancato and Taral Hicks reunited 32 years after &#8216;A Bronx Tale&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">Marie Claire shared reunion photos; fans praised their unchanged looks and chemistry.<\/li>\n<li class=\"styles_item__6_OKk\">Both actors launched their careers with the film and pursued further roles and music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/robert-de-niro-net-worth\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert De Niro<\/a> made his directorial debut with the 1993 coming-of-age crime drama, A Bronx Tale, starring Lillo Brancato and Taral Hicks as love interests. The two young actors are now grown up and have reunited 32 years after sharing the big screen. <\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Marie Claire posted photos of the two stars reuniting on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ7uEjdE-Ja\/?img_index=1&amp;igsh=dXJvNnl0dDN3Nmkz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, writing, \u201cCan you believe it\u2019s been 32 years? @sheistaralhicksdawson\u00a0and\u00a0@lillo_brancato, who stole our hearts as Jane and Calogero in A Bronx Tale, reunite in a photo that has fans feeling nostalgic.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Hicks commented on the post, saying, \u201cThank you so much for showing love.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_embedFail__e6Rdu is-style-pairing-2\">\n<p class=\"styles_embedFailTitle__w1cEL\">Oops! We\u2019re unable to load this content right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_embedFailParagraph__bzaO8\">View directly on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ7uEjdE-Ja\/?img_index=1&amp;igsh=dXJvNnl0dDN3Nmkz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">The post includes a side-by-side comparison of the two actors in 1993 versus them together in 2025. Fans can agree that the two haven\u2019t aged a day, with the post also including throwback photos of them on set and short clips of their scenes together.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">In A Bronx Tale, Brancato played the leading role of an Italian-American teen named Calogero living in the Bronx. He becomes enamored by the mafia and forms a close bond with mob boss Sonny (Chazz Palminteri), despite his father\u2019s warnings.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Part of Calogero\u2019s story involved meeting an African-American\u00a0girl named Jan Williams (Hicks) and starting a tentative romance. <\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">A Bronx Tale was the start of Brancato\u2019s acting career and his first leading role. De Niro was impressed by Brancato\u2019s impression of Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver, and it won him the role in the 1993 movie. He later joined The Sopranos as\u00a0Matthew Bevilaqua, a young mobster associated.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Like Brancato, the 1993 mob movie was also Hick\u2019s first movie role, and she went on to appear in other roles throughout her career. She also went on to become an R&amp;B singer, debuting her studio album\u00a0This Time\u00a0in 1997. <\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_contributors__dp6kk contributors\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_contributorsTitle__f34Pu\">About the author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"styles_contributorsList__FCS2w\">\n<div class=\"styles_contributorBio__vbMqA\">\n<div class=\"styles_avatar__M_SvZ styles_contributorBioAvatar___AUl4 styles_medium__VUJo5\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"styles_avatarImage__7mnVX\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_16,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 16w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_32,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 32w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_48,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 48w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_64,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 64w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_96,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 96w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_128,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 128w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_256,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 256w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_384,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 384w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_640,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 640w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_750,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 750w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_828,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 828w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_1080,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_1200,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_1920,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_2048,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_1:1\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMjYwNDIy\/img_8451.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"styles_contributorBioContainer__FDef2\">\n<div class=\"styles_contributorBioTitleRole__Yr4La\">\n<p class=\"styles_contributorBioRole__GMTa6\">Trending News Writer, Parade<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With years of experience in the entertainment industry, Gabriela Silva is an entertainment writer focusing on TV, film, and pop culture coverage. 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