Daniel Franzese began his career all over the country with various regional and national theater tours. Larry Clark and casting director Carmen Cuba found Daniel while scouting for locations for Clark's true crime masterpiece "Bully".
Cuba and Clark had been searching high and low for an actor with the capability to play the tender, sad, depressed Cousin Derek based on real life murder accomplice Derek Dsverko in the 1993 killing of young teen Bobby Kent. 

Daniel eventually won the role of Derek and has gone on to make many more films including this years true crime confetti drug fest "Party Monster" with Macualy Culkin and Seth Green where he plays various roles including a Giant Rat...he will be seen later this year in Stateside with Val Kilmer , and "Whirlygirl" with Monet Mazur and is currently filming the Lorne Micheals produced Paramount feature "Mean Girls" starring opposite Lindsey Lohan and Tina Fey.

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