Actress Gretchen "The Notorious Bettie Page" Mol, has joined the cast of HBO's period underworld TV series Boardwalk Empire, produced by Martin "Mean Streets" Scorsese.Mol will have a recurring role in the series as a 'showgirl' alongside gangster Steve "Reservoir Dogs" Buscemi.Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era, Boardwalk Empire was adapted by Emmy-winning writer/producer Terence "The Sopranos" Winter from author Nelson Johnson's book, "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City."The pilot episode was directed by Scorsese, with HBO picking up the series for an additional 11 episodes, making the first season 12 episodes long."...From its inception, Atlantic City has been a town dedicated to the fast buck and this history offers a riveting account of its past, from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness.A cast of characters, led by Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse and extortion..."Boardwalk Empire debuts Fall 2010.Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the BG Holding/Lunch area (sorry, that's all we got for now, but at least you can see the wardrobe) for Boardwalk Empire...

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