Ed Burns has been
tapped to play notorious
mobster Bugsy Siegel in a
recurring role on Frank
Darabont ’s upcoming TNT series
Lost Angels . Additionally, Robert
Knepper, originally cast as a
recurring, has been upped to a
regular on the 1940s-set crime drama. Based on
the John Buntin book L.A. Noir, Lost Angels
follows the turmoil surrounding the LAPD and
ruthless criminal activities led by gangster Mickey
Cohen (Jeremy Luke).
After moving from the
East Coast to California,
Siegel quickly established
himself as the Los Angeles
mob leader in the late
1930s and early 1940s,
with Cohen as his chief
lieutenant. Siegel also was a Hollywood fixture,
throwing lavish parties for Tinseltown’s biggest
names. Knepper plays Sid Rothman, a rank-and-
file mobster working for Cohen.
Source: deadline
Source: deadline
