Former Mob Boss Interviews Mark Wahlberg About Playing Greg Scarpa in 'By Any Means'

Former Mob Boss Interviews Mark Wahlberg About Playing Greg Scarpa in 'By Any Means'

September 4, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

Michael Franzese interviews Mark Wahlberg about his portrayal of mobster Greg Scarpa in the film 'By Any Means'.

🍷 Join me in the next video with a glass of wine: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ ✅ Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USD₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/InnerCircle and use the code InnerCircle10. People, I knew the real Greg Scarpa. We were in the same family — I was close with him, and his son Greg Jr. and I were made on the same night. So when Mark Wahlberg sits down with me after playing Scarpa in “By Any Means,” I told him straight to his face: you made him look NICER than he actually was. We get into everything: who Greg Scarpa really was behind the movie version, the story of a mob killer working with the FBI to take down the Ku Klux Klan, what I now believe REALLY happened with the Colombo shooting — and it’s not what everybody thinks — whether Persico knew Scarpa was informing all those years, Mark’s dad playing the numbers back in the day, his faith and why he never hides it, and the question this whole movie hangs on: who’s worse, the mob or the Klan? And is the government ever right to use one monster to catch another? “By Any Means” opens in theaters Friday, September 4th. It’s dark, it’s violent — but that’s exactly who Greg…

Sponsors

Rumble

More episodes of Sit Down with Michael Franzese

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Sit Down with Michael Franzese podcast page.