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Garofalo's portrayal of his character's eccentric and increasingly unstable nature was largely improvised by Garofalo himself, including scenes where Zantoro would deliberately provoke and walk into hordes of zombies for fun. Garofalo was popular with the rest of the cast, who found his
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in 1946. He was the son of an affluent lawyer in the 1950s postwar climate. He attended various schools and would perform amateur acting and poetry for fun. When
Garofalo was six years old, his father was stricken with an unknown illness, which progressed until his death when Garofalo was 11 years
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Garofalo's initial acting roles were in minor parts for cast extras and side characters, although by the late 1970s, he started receiving more important roles and varied character parts. This included numerous roles in
Italian crime thriller films, such as that of Luca in
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Garofalo suffered from severe physical and mental health issues for most of his post-1980s career and life, which he disclosed in media interviews. In a 2017 interview with Jay Creepy of Severed Cinema, Garofalo described his experiences with
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