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'The Sopranos' star says it's 'uncanny' how much Michael Gandolfini looks like his late father in 'The Many Saints of Newark'
"They're very big shoes to fill... and I understand he really rises to the occasion," Schirripa sai…
Libby Torres
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James Gandolfini and Michael Imperioli had to be chained to a tree while filming a 'Sopranos' scene because they were so drunk, costar Steve Schirripa says
Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby Bacala, told Insider the two actors had shared a bottle of whiske…
Libby Torres
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'The Sopranos' star Steve Schirripa used to worry about being typecast as a mobster: 'I'm not going to play an English professor'
After playing train-loving Bobby Baccalieri on HBO's hit drama, Schirripa starred on "The Secret Li…
Libby Torres
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James Gandolfini once got a 'disturbing' anonymous phone call in the middle of the night that eventually inspired an iconic 'Sopranos' line
"I think Jim was disturbed by it. Who knows who made the call — but the invasion of privacy was def…
Libby Torres
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James Gandolfini's son Michael was 'the only one' who should've played young Tony Soprano, says Jamie-Lynn Sigler
"It was a beautiful thing that happened," the actress, who costarred with Michael's late father Jam…
Libby Torres
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'The Sopranos' star Lorraine Bracco reveals she was upset over her character's 'rough' ending: 'I would have liked for it to have been more meaningful'
"I think she really cared for him. You don't spend seven years with someone and [then] discard them…
Libby Torres
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James Gandolfini once surprised 'Sopranos' costar Jamie-Lynn Sigler with a Prada bag for Christmas when she was 16 — and she still has it
"I just couldn't believe that I was even on his radar," Sigler told Insider of Gandolfini, who died…
Libby Torres
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler reveals how her 'Sopranos' costar James Gandolfini 'stepped up' to make sure she was 'taken care of' following her MS diagnosis
Sigler, who played Meadow Soprano, split from her first husband in 2005 and was diagnosed with mult…
Libby Torres
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A 'Sopranos' screenwriter who was fired from the show reveals that James Gandolfini insisted on taking him out to dinner the night he was let go
"Jim called me up after he finished work that day. He knew what had happened, and he said, 'I'm tak…
Libby Torres
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'Sopranos' star Michael Imperioli marked James Gandolfini's birthday with a sweet tribute to his late costar
Imperioli honored Gandolfini on the late actor's birthday, captioning an old photo of the two: "I a…
Yasmin Garaad
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James Gandolfini once stood up for a 'Sopranos' actor who was uncomfortable being nude in a scene, according to a new book
"Jim recognized, on my face, that there was an actor in trouble," Peter Riegert said in "Woke Up Th…
Libby Torres
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'Sopranos' cast and crew were kicked out of a 'conservative Italian funeral home' while filming because of a line about blow jobs, new book reveals
"I called HBO and told them, 'I guess we're done for the day,'" a former "Sopranos" producer recall…
Libby Torres
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James Gandolfini gave each of his 'Sopranos' costars $33,000 after tense contract negotiations with HBO almost ended the show
According to the new book "Tinderbox," Gandolfini felt bad for his fellow castmates, who'd been out…
Libby Torres
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James Gandolfini turned down a role on 'The Office' after HBO paid him $3 million not to take it, according to his 'Sopranos' costars
According to Gandolfini's "Sopranos" costar Michael Imperioli, the late actor was in talks to repla…
Libby Torres
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Robert Patrick says James Gandolfini scared the 'living s---' out of him and was 'hungover' during classic 'Sopranos' fight scene
Robert Patrick said Gandolfini scared the 'living s---' out of him, but he still considered "The So…