“When Tony met Asia, he was like, ‘She’s the best. At the time, Bourdain was rebounding from his second divorce, and seemed to immediately fall for Argento, who was about 20 years his junior. Michael Steed, a Parts Unknown director, recalled how Bourdain met Argento in 2016 while filming a season-eight episode set in her home town of Rome. When Morgan Neville was making Roadrunner, his documentary about Anthony Bourdain, the Oscar-winning filmmaker spoke to many in Bourdain’s inner circle about the TV personality’s final months-specifically about Bourdain’s romantic relationship with the Italian actor Asia Argento.
