"It was a nightmare...!"

Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini is the deadpan, dynamite-loving, metal codpiece-wearing, all-eyebrows and all-moustache demolitions expert on the Mr. Preston B. Whitmore's Atlantis expedition. His family owned a flower shop in Palermo, Italy until, one day, the neighbouring Chinese laundry unexplained exploded. While the family had to relocate the business, young Vinny found his calling. In his youth, he fell into a employment of the dangerous businessman, Enrico Bentivegna, of the Bentivegna Family Concrete and Olive Oil Importers, and seemed to drop from public sight. A few clues remain but he was apparently accused by the Italian authorities for the killing of Enrico Bentivegna and four employees due to an accidental explosion that consumed their two automobiles, and authorities were quick to place responsibility for the blast at the feet of Vinny Santorini. He did a stretch of time in Milan's Delphi Prison, where he continued his education as an expert in the fields of engineering and demolitions until he was sprung out of jail and went to America to work for Whitmore Industries Mining.

(I love the film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and girls seem to love that explosive Italian, myself included. However, some crazy "fangirls" take it to the next level and many put him completely out-of-character. And it seems Vinny is frightened and flabbergasted by that big crowd of screaming women...)

Models - Don Novello

Medium - 2B graphite.

Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini © Walt Disney.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) © Walt Disney.