Watch : Tony Star Dominic Sessa Shares Biggest Surprise About Anthony BourdainDominic Sessa quickly learned why Anthony Bourdain was a cut above the rest. As the 23-year-old prepared for his role as the famed chef in the upcoming biopic Tony, Sessa was surprised to learn that Bourdain’s original intention wasn’t to become a culinary master, especially because he initially viewed Bourdain as “this guy that was on Food Network.” “I didn't realize that, early on, his focus was writing and he really had a passion for that,” Sessa exclusively shared with E! News during an interview alongside costar Stavros Halkias and director Matt Johnson. “That was the thing that he saw himself doing and believed was his destiny.”