Okay, so it’s mentioned to me now and again why does Ray get involved in short video clips to be shown at awards, like the one a few weeks ago, he’s quite happy to take supporting roles, etc. While I can’t answer for Ray of course I’d like to share my views on the subject….
I think that Ray Liotta is a very smart man, for example by being in the video that opened the Critics Choice Movie Awards a few weeks ago, it saw him being broadcast into millions of homes throughout America, and gave him the chance to possibly reach many different generations, therefore having the potential to gain new fans along the way. It also enabled him to have his name all over the Internet, as details of the Awards show were released, etc, and I for one know how ‘buzzing’ the Internet was, and to an extent still is over that opener video. Same goes with supporting roles, take for example “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud”, while he was only in about 3 scenes, but oh did he make a lasting impression in those, it brought him to a younger generation that might never have seen GoodFellas, etc so that allows Ray Liotta to reach an audience that he might not otherwise be able to. Same goes for Hannah Montana, though I did hear that Karsen, who of course is Ray’s daughter, is a fan of that show, but not 100% certain on that bit of information.
Also the NFL sketch that was created by ‘Funny or Die’, again Ray only had a supporting role in the sketch, but it reached so many people around the world, it was talked about for so many weeks, there you go again he’s reaching a worldwide audience, which can only ever be a good thing when you’re in the business that he is in.
If you want to watch the opening video from the Critics Choice Movie Awards, or the NFL ‘Funny or Die’ sketch, they can both be found on Ray Liotta Connection, along with lots of other goodies too….