Green Book' stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali detail their meticulous research into Tony "Lip" Vallelonga and Dr. Don Shirley and explain why their characters' friendship evolves the way.

As is depicted in the film, Shirley befriended Vallelonga, and the two remained ... often very personal accounts of how you came about Don Shirley, are having a great effect on me.

The family members of Don Shirley, the Jamaican-American ... assumption, and Tony Lip!” writes Maurice Shirley in a letter sent to media including Black Enterprise. It won the People’s ...

As Tony Vallelonga and Shirley head south of the ... "Doc" details the mission: travel south to get him to each Don Shirley Trio concert without incident. "Atlantic City?" Vallelonga asks.

Vallelonga — whose father, Tony Lip, is played by Viggo Mortensen ... But to be quite honest with you, Don Shirley himself told me not to speak to anyone. And he only wanted certain parts ...

Don Shirley giving Nicholas Scoulios his first ... of lies,” insisting the dynamic between Shirley and his driver Tony Vallelonga (played by Viggo Mortensen in the film) was never more than ...

The story was based on the real-life, unlikely friendship between Tony “Lip” Vallelonga, an Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx, and renowned African-American piano virtuoso Don Shirley ...

where those actors kept saying they found the handle on their characters by listening to a series of audio tapes featuring the actual voices of Dr. Donald Shirley and Tony Lip Vallelonga.

If the 2018 flick "Green Book" was your first reference to the concert pianist Don Shirley ... 1960s with his white bodyguard and driver "Tony Lip" Vallelonga. » RELATED: 11 Netflix titles ...

“Green Book” actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. has died at the age ... 1962 was hired to drive and protect classical jazz pianist Don Shirley, which became the narrative basis for the film.