A killer role.

Bobby Cannavale has Paul Rudd to thank for playing murdered mobster Nicky Caccimelio on “Only Murders in the Building” Season 5 .

“Paul Rudd’s a good friend of mine. I said to him, ‘You had a good time on that show, right? Because I think I want to do it,'” Cannavale, 55, recalled exclusively to The Post. “And he goes, ‘Are you the dead guy?’ I go, ‘I am the dead guy.’ He goes, ‘You got to do it. That’s the part.'” 8

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“It is a special thrill to get to be the corpse and to be the talking corpse,” the Tony-nominated star continued. “And to have those great existential scenes with Steve Martin is like beyond gonzo for me.”

Season 5 of the Hulu show, which ends Tuesday, sees the Arconia trio, Charles (Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) investiga

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