However, there’s one important part of Karen Hill’s real story that wasn’t included in Goodfellas but was subtly referenced: her affair with Paul Vario (Cicero in the movie).Īccording to Henry Hill himself in his memoir Gangsters and Goodfellas, while he was in jail after being sentenced for extortion in 1974, Tommy DeSimone (DeVito in Goodfellas) beat up and attempted to rape Karen, but at the time, Karen was having an affair with Paul Vario. Related: Goodfellas: Was Jimmy Conway Really Going To Kill Karen Hill?Īlthough Karen was initially troubled by Henry’s criminal activities, she was eventually drawn into the glamorous lifestyle that came with being a mobster’s wife and even got involved in some of Henry’s shady drug businesses towards the end of Goodfellas. Along with Henry’s work for Paul’s crew and meeting some of the most notable gangsters at the time, such as Jimmy “The Gent” Conway (Robert De Niro) and Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), Goodfellas also covered Henry’s marriage to Karen (Lorraine Bracco), who went through hell and back during their time together. Goodfellas chronicles the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), an associate of the Lucchese family whose involvement with the mob started when he ran errands for Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) and his crew when he was a teenager and later got fully involved with them, but his time as a gangster came to an end when he turned against them and became an FBI informant.
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