What happens when Vanity Fair puts a nip-tastic photo of a burgeoning young actress on its cover and asks if she’s the new “it-girl” of Hollywood? Gretchen Mol will tell you that it sends your oh so promising career right into the toilet.
Being a Harvey Weinstein-sanctioned leggy blonde in Donnie Brasco buys you only so much currency when everyone’s expecting your next flicks to generate mighty box-office returns. But Gretchen had no such luck when her next vehicles, Rounders and Celebrity, were financial flops. But all was not lost.
Actor Michael Shannon, who plays?the seriously fucked-up Nelson Van Alden on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, has sealed his place in heaven with his amazing, new Funny Or Die video. 


