Raising Kanan Star Tony Danza Talks Being a New Boss on Television

Tony Danza is no stranger to playing a boss on television. From Who’s the Boss to mafia boss, the iconic TV dad is back on television playing a different kind of boss. One could even say he’s entering his villain era. Was Tony Micelli actually his villain origin story? Perhaps! Playing the good boss was fun no doubt, but Danza sat down with SheKnows to tell us why he’s having even more fun playing on the dark side, where his character Stefano Marchetti is raising a little hell in season 3 of Raising Kanan. He also shares with us what he really thinks about working with the Raising Kanan heart and force that is Patina Miller.

Danza, who recently guest-starred on And Just Like That, reveals he loves that this role has come to him at this stage of his career. “The quality of the acting, the quality of the writing, the directing…. It’s really a quality show, it’s just pleasure to be on it, an honor, really, a little bit of a late in career gift actually.”

Danza’s character goes to head-to-head with Miller’s Raquel this season, and he can’t hide his adoration for Miller. In fact, he gets so excited to tell a story about her that he knocks his computer off his desk. From Broadway to Kanan, Danza says he can’t get enough of watching Miller. As for which of their strong characters he thinks would survive on an island, he diplomatically says their characters would work together to survive. He then reveals, “I thought I was getting whacked last season! Because they moved my episode to the last show of the season, and I thought, ‘Uh oh, I’m getting whacked.’ Then what happened was I actually got to hit on Raq! I take a shot at her.” For Raquel and Stefano, it could be “hit on” or a “take a hit out on,” anything can happen in Kanan’s world. But for Danza and Stefano when it comes to Raquel and Miller, “I gotta crush, what can I tell you.”

For Tony Danza, one boss is not enough. So many bosses, so little time. And no matter which one he’s playing, we’re going to be watching. Check out the video to find out which boss Danza enjoys playing the most, and why he loves working with Miller.

Raising Kanan is streaming now on Starz on Fridays at 8pm EST.

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