The word “character” has multiple meanings in trying to tell people about Gaslight owner Matt De Matt. He certainly is a character, having been a doorman and subsequently a friend to celebrities like Bruce Willis, Mick Jagger, and scores of Page 6-worthy names. He’s been an actor appearing in movies like The Professional as part of Gary Oldman’s bad cop crew, 3000 Miles to Graceland with Kurt Russell and Kevin Kostner, Searching for Bobby Fischer with Laurence Fishburne and Sir Ben Kingsley, and a couple flicks with pal Mickey Rourke. When Mickey went up to prison for research on a character, he brought Matt along to ... talk to. He lands these 20-lines-or-under parts playing a badass. He’s been a wrestling announcer for the ECW (now WWE). There’s even a book coming out about his life called War Stories. The first four... [read full story]
