Inside Wednesday star Steve Buscemi's including near-death experience with Vince Vaughn

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday.

Steve Buscemi is a household name for both TV and film with fans eager to know everything there is to know about the Boardwalk Empire star.

Wednesday season two is set to release part one on Wednesday, August 6, on Netflix, welcoming a plethora of new stars to Nevermore Academy.

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One of which is the unforgettable actor Steve Buscemi who is taking on the role of Principal Dort after the death of his predecessor Larissa Weems (Gwendoline Christie). Ahead of the 67-year-old returning to the small screen, here’s everything there is to know about the life of Steve Buscemi.

Unexpected career

Before joining the world of entertainment, Buscemi had a fulfilling career as a New York City firefighter, working in Manhattan’s Little Italy from 1980 to 1984.

He initially joined after his dad encouraged him to take the civil service test when he was 18 but Buscemi chose to leave so he could pursue acting.

However, after 9/11, Buscemi returned to his old firehouse to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts.

Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction theory

Buscemi features in two of the biggest films in the world from director Quentin Tarantino.

The first was Reservoir Dogs in 1992 where he played Mr Pink and then a minor role as the Buddy Holly waiter two years later in Pulp Fiction with Uma Thurman and John Travolta.

It is thought that some of the characters are related in the films but Buscemi has his own theory which he shared on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

He explained: “Because my character of Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs was such a cheapskate, and he didn’t like to tip, I thought it was poetic justice that my next film with Quentin, I play a waiter.

“I even like to think that maybe Mr Pink got away somehow in Reservoir Dogs, and he’s hiding out as the Buddy Holly waiter.

“And he probably gets tipped terribly. That’s his fate.”

Stabbing

The Pulp Fiction star was stabbed on April 13, 2001, in Wilmington, North Carolina at a bar called the Firebelly Lounge.

Buscemi, who was filming Domestic Disturbance at the time, was going for drinks with fellow star Vince Vaughn and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg when two men allegedly picked a fight with Vaughn.

A fight began outside at around 2am which resulted in Buscemi getting stabbed above the eye and in the jaw, throat and arm.

Fighting continued and Vaughn was among the four arrested.

Thankfully, Buscemi didn’t suffer any life-altering injuries.

Late wife

The Wednesday season two actor was married to filmmaker, choreographer and artist Jo Andres who he was neighbours with in the 1980s.

Jo reportedly had a crush on Steve for several years during the time he worked as a firefighter while trying to make it as an actor, promoting himself with posters on the street.

The Metro reported Buscemi sharing: “When we met, she didn’t realise I was the guy on the poster.

“When we got to my apartment, she saw the same poster and said, ‘That’s you!’”

The pair got married in 1987 and welcomed their son Lucian in 1990.

Tragically, Jo died of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, a rare disease of the bowel in 2019.

It was during that same year that Buscemi paid tribute to his late wife at CinemaCon, describing her as his “biggest supporter, audience and inspiration”.

Buscemi is now in a relationship with Australian Karen Ho who was his plus one to the Wednesday season two premiere.

What’s next

Apart from Netflix’s Wednesday, the star has a number of projects already in the works.

He is going to star in the thriller Wild Horse Nine with The Green Mile actor Sam Rockwell, comedy The Marshmallow Experiment with His Dark Materials’ Dafne Keen and the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York with Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito.

In addition to these, he’s going to be teaming up with New Girl star Max Greenfield in the sitcom Don’t Say Good Luck, as well as reuniting with Jenna Ortega for the sci-fi drama Klara and the Sun.

Wednesday is available to watch on Netflix.