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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13182823" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="robert-iler" source="Orion">Robert Iler</keyword> shared a heartwarming memory of the late <keyword id="14457425" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tony-sirico" source="Orion">Tony Sirico</keyword> during a recent podcast episode.</li><li>According to Iler, his "Sopranos" costar offered the young actor his protection on set and off.</li></ul><p>"<keyword id="11899350" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-sopranos" source="Orion">The Sopranos</keyword>" star Robert Iler <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sopranos-tony-sirico-robert-iler-b2122909.html">shared a sweet memory</a> about his late costar Tony Sirico during a recent podcast episode. </p><p>According to Iler, who played Tony Soprano's son AJ on all six seasons of the hit HBO show, he was never worried about being preyed on or bullied on set. </p><p>"I'm like, you think Tony Sirico was standing around, if there were people eyeing me the wrong way, like 'Oh, Rob looks really cute today,' Tony Sirico is just gonna stand there and not do anything?" Iler <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sopranos-tony-sirico-robert-iler-b2122909.html">recalled on a recent episode</a> of  <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-yourself-a-gun-a-sopranos-podcast/id1449785792">"Pod Yourself a Gun,"</a> a "Sopranos" rewatch podcast.</p><p>The actor, who was just 14 when he starred in the critically-acclaimed drama, said that Sirico even pulled him aside one day to let Iler know he was looking out for the young star.</p><p>"Hey, uh, if anyone ever… bothers you, or anybody says anything, you tell Uncle Tony, okay?" Iler recalled Sirico telling him. </p><p>Sirico's words apparently gave Iler confidence off set as well, especially while dealing with other kids at school. Iler told podcasts hosts Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini that <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sopranos-tony-sirico-robert-iler-b2122909.html">he remembered thinking</a>, "Oh, this kid thinks he's gonna mouth off to me? I'll have Tony Sirico come down." </p><p>"No matter how old you are, you see somebody that has like black hair here, and silver hair on the sides — and just the way he always had a handkerchief in his pocket... you go like, this dude will fuck you up," Iler added. </p><p>Sirico played the charismatic and neurotic gangster Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri on "The Sopranos" for all six seasons. The 79-year-old actor <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tony-sirico-dead-sopranos-paulie-walnuts-1235312355/">died Friday</a>, and was <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tony-sirico-death-cause-sopranos-b2119369.html">honored posthumously on social media</a> by numerous costars.</p>

'The Sopranos' star Robert Iler says Tony Sirico protected him on set

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12539806" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lin-manuel-miranda" source="Orion">Lin-Manuel Miranda</keyword> played a bellhop on season six of the <keyword id="11921392" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hbo" source="Orion">HBO</keyword> hit "<keyword id="11899350" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-sopranos" source="Orion">The Sopranos</keyword>." </li></ul><ul class="summary-list"><li>The "Hamilton" creator said he was "scared shitless" during filming.  </li></ul><p>Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared in a season six episode of "The Sopranos" alongside <keyword id="12063299" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-gandolfini" source="Orion">James Gandolfini</keyword>, who played the show's lead character <keyword id="13460312" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tony-soprano" source="Orion">Tony Soprano</keyword>. </p><p>According to <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/lin-manuel-miranda-james-gandolfini-sopranos-1234710500/">Indiewire</a>, Miranda described the experience in an interview for <keyword id="13182465" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="judd-apatow" source="Orion">Judd Apatow</keyword>'s upcoming <keyword id="12007221" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="book" source="Orion">book</keyword>, "Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy." </p><p>The "Hamilton" creator said he had trouble finding work before booking the "Sopranos" role. "I went on lots of voiceover auditions and acting auditions," he said.</p><p>Finally, he got the gig on the HBO drama. Miranda's character worked at a hotel Soprano and one of his capos Paulie Gualtieri (played by Tony Sirico) visit while fleeing New Jersey in anticipation of a body they disposed of being found by authorities. </p><p>"The only thing I booked was 'The Sopranos,' as a bellboy; I say, 'I don't know' twice," he continued.</p><p>In spite of how limited his role was, Miranda remembered Gandolfini being generous with his time on set.</p><div type="image" title="James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano." height="1270" width="1693" msid="90428936" hostid="261"></div><p>Miranda said Gandolfini voluntarily remained behind to help the other <a href="https://www.insider.com/sopranos-meadow-jamie-lynn-sigler-robert-iler-friendship-2022-2">actors</a>. </p><p>"My one story about Gandolfini was that he stayed and did his sides even though it was the end of the night. He had no need to do that," he said. "He stayed and did the scene for the scared-shitless Puerto Rican kid in the bellhop outfit."</p><p>He also said Gandolfini "sat on the steps of his trailer the whole time" and interacted with the other people on set. "He was never locked up in this trailer; he was just out, and people would talk to him," Miranda recalled.</p><p>Gandolfini who earned three <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-built-hollywood-noisiest-awards-campaign-operation-power-dog-coda-2022-3?_ga=2.74793489.206057668.1648062054-1996747788.1647018266">Emmy</a> awards for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, died in 2013. Since then, many stories have circulated about his <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-gandolfini-sopranos-cast-gifts-contract-tinderbox-2021-12">kindness</a> on and off the set of the series, including how he once <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-gandolfini-sopranos-costar-nude-scene-woke-up-this-morning-2021-11">supported a costar who felt uncomfortable doing a nude scene</a>.</p><p>Looking back on the small role, Miranda recommended people watch the show to see him make an amateur mistake. "I'm so green you can see me look down at my mark. Watch it if you get a chance, because now people are like 'Lin-Manuel's cameo on 'The Sopranos'!' It wasn't a cameo. I wasn't even in the union yet," he said. </p>

Lin-Manuel Miranda says he was 'scared shitless' working on 'The Sopranos' and reveals how James Gandolfini helped him

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A former "Sopranos" producer revealed the cast and crew once got kicked out of a filming location.</li><li>According to the producer, they were filming at a "little old conservative Italian funeral home."</li></ul><p>A former producer for "<a href="https://www.insider.com/sopranos-cast-photos-where-are-they-now-2021-9">The Sopranos</a>" revealed that the cast and crew were once kicked out of a "little old conservative Italian funeral home" while filming a scene for season one. </p><p>In "Tinderbox: <keyword id="11921392" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hbo" source="Orion">HBO</keyword>'s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers," a book centered on how HBO took over cable television, which was reviewed by Insider, producer Ilene Landress told journalist James Andrew Miller that this particular scene was being filmed in Manhattan, New York instead of New Jersey, where most of the production for season one took place.</p><p>As Landress was walking to set that day, however, she noticed something was amiss, the book detailed.</p><p>"I walk across Sixth Avenue, and I see our trucks in front of this little old conservative Italian funeral home where we were shooting," Landress recalled. "Then people start walking out, and the location manager running toward me." </p><p>According to Landress, she could tell there was "trouble ahead." </p><p>"We were shooting a funeral scene and the scene was a little lady in the coffin and Uncle Junior turns to somebody in the receiving line, glances into the coffin and says, 'She gave me my first blowjob,'" Landress remembered in the book. "Well, we got kicked out of the place." </p><p>The producer told Miller, "You could totally panic or you could see the humor in the whole thing." </p><p>"I called HBO and told them, 'I guess we're done for the day,'" Landress said in the tell-all book. </p><div type="image" title="Uncle Junior (Dominic Chianese) in a season one scene at a funeral parlor in &quot;The Sopranos.&quot;" height="414" width="736" msid="88460575" hostid="261"></div><p>Lots of <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-gandolfini-sopranos-costar-nude-scene-woke-up-this-morning-2021-11">behind-the-scenes anecdotes</a> about "<keyword id="11899350" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-sopranos" source="Orion">The Sopranos</keyword>" have come to light in recent months. </p><p>In September, Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri on the show, <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-gandolfini-michael-imperioli-sopranos-filming-steve-schirripa-interview-2021-9">told Insider</a> stars <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-gandolfini-hbo-the-office-steve-carell-2021-7">James Gandolfini</a> and Michael Imperioli once got so drunk before filming a cliffside scene that they had to be chained to a tree. </p><p>Schirripa said the two actors had shared whiskey before shooting the scene in season four, where — spoiler! — Tony Soprano (Gandolfini) and Christopher Moltisanti (Imperioli) throw the body of the murdered capo Ralph Cifaretto (Joe Pantoliano) off a cliff. </p><p>"On the break, while they set up the lights, Michael and Jim drank a bottle of Wild Turkey," Schirripa said.</p><p>"They were so drunk that they had to chain their legs to a tree because they were afraid they were going to fall off the cliff," he added.</p><p>"The Sopranos," also starring Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, and Tony Sirico, first premiered on HBO in 1999, and ran for six seasons before ending in 2007.</p>

'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

<p class="p1">Well, if this doesn't solidify that Brian the Griffin family dog <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/family-guy-killed-off-dog-brian-2013-11" target="_blank">is dead and gone</a>, then nothing will.</p>
<p class="p1">"<keyword id="220169" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Family-Guy">Family Guy</keyword>" debuted a new theme song on last night's episode without the iconic character. Instead, new family dog, Vinny, takes his place. </p>
<p class="p1">Brian was controversially killed off in the November 24 episode of the show and quickly replaced by a new dog played by "The Sopranos" actor Tony Sirico.</p>
<p class="p1">Though Brian the dog <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/will-brian-return-family-guy-2013-12" target="_blank">may return to "Family Guy" for a few episodes</a>, it looks like he's officially gone.</p>
<p class="p1">Watch it below:</p>
<p></p>
<p>Again, here's Brian from the old opening:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><keyword id="17242" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fox">Fox</keyword> screencap</p></div><p></p></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">And here's Vinny in the new one:</span><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><p class="source">Fox screencap</p></div><p></p></div></p>

'Family Guy' Reveals New Opening Without Brian The Dog

<p class="p1"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image"><a title_source="Fox screencap" title_caption="Stewie and Brian Griffin on Sunday night's episode of " Family="" Guy.="" class="zoomin" href="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/529377efecad045a263ee084-960/brian-stewie-family-guy.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span></a><p class="source"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9DCo3xJ6Ww">Fox screencap</a></p><p class="caption">Stewie and Brian Griffin on Sunday night's episode of "<keyword id="220169" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Family-Guy">Family Guy</keyword>."</p></div><p></p></div></div>Sunday night's episode of "Family Guy" surprisingly killed off one of the show's main characters.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Don't read ahead if you haven't tuned in and don't want the news spoiled for you.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p1">The show, which follows the Griffin family, said goodbye to their dog Brian after he was killed by a hit-and-run driver. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Earlier this year at San Diego Comic Con, "Family Guy" executive producer Steve Callaghan said <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/21/comic-con-family-guy-and-american-dad-deliver-the-funny">they would kill off one of the series' main characters</a> and replace them with someone else.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Fans of the series probably wondered why Stewie didn't just jump in his time machine to go back in time and save him; however, it turns out the machine (conveniently?) was thrown away and no longer working.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Ratings for the series have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_(season_12)" target="_blank">dipped below 5 million</a> in its 12th season, some of the shows lowest numbers to date.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> This is a show that used to draw in closer to <a href="http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2007/09/23/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-september-23-2007/" target="_blank">10 million</a> during season premieres and <a href="http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/24/tv-ratings-lost-finale-ratings-season-high-but-not-epic-celebrity-apprentice-finale-up/52163/" target="_blank">6 million</a> come finale time.</span></p>
<p class="p1">So is Brian really gone? Looks that way. The family has already replaced him with another dog, Vinny, voiced by "The Sopranos" actor <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=tony+sirico&amp;oq=tony+sirico&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1542j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;espv=210&amp;es_sm=119&amp;ie=UTF-8">Tony Sirico</a>.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Here's the goodbye scene with Brian and a tribute video to his time on the series.</p>
<p></p>

'Family Guy' Killed Off A Main Character Sunday Night

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9DCo3xJ6Ww">Fox screencap</a></p></div><p></p></div></div>Fans were far from happy with the death of a main character on the latest episode of "<keyword id="220169" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Family-Guy">Family Guy</keyword>."</p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Sunday night, the <keyword id="17242" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fox">Fox</keyword> animated comedy killed off the Griffin family's pet dog, Brian, who has been on the series since its start in 1999, in a violent hit-and-run.</span></p>
<p>Brian's taken hits before, but has come back from the brink of death in the past. So fans were so shocked when the mutt was really proclaimed dead that they took to the Internet and made a Change.org petition.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Simply called "<a href="https://www.change.org/petitions/seth-macfarlane-and-fox-broadcasting-company-bring-brian-griffin-back-to-family-guy" target="_blank">Seth MacFarlane, and Fox Broadcasting Company: Bring Griffin back to Family Guy</a>," the petition claims MacFarlane "killed America's dog."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Via the <a href="https://www.change.org/petitions/seth-macfarlane-and-fox-broadcasting-company-bring-brian-griffin-back-to-family-guy" target="_blank">petition</a>:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Brian-Griffin-from-Family-Guy/503495446349375">Brian Griffin</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> was an important part of our viewing experience. He added a witty and sophisticated element to the show. Family Guy and Fox Broadcasting will lose viewers if Brian Griffin is not brought back to the show. Follow us <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrianGriffinLivesOn" target="_blank">here</a> for updates." </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Yesterday, the petition was at slightly more than 1,000 signatures. It's now at more than 34,000 and counting.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Updates for the petition are being posted on a Facebook fan page "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrianGriffinLivesOn" target="_blank">R.I.P. Brian Griffin from Family Guy</a>" that has risen from more than 90,000 likes Monday to 368,000 today.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Brian's character was replaced Sunday night by another dog, Vinny, voiced by "The Sopranos" actor Tony Sirico.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The show's executive producer <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/21/comic-con-family-guy-and-american-dad-deliver-the-funny" target="_blank">teased earlier this year</a> they would kill off a major character this season.</span></p>

Angry 'Family Guy' Fans Petition To Bring Back Dead Dog Brian

<p class="p1"><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><keyword id="17242" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fox">Fox</keyword> / <keyword id="220169" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Family-Guy">Family Guy</keyword> screencap</p></div><p></p></div>Warning: Spoilers ahead.</strong></p>
<p class="p1">Looks like "Family Guy" punk'd everyone.</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/will-brian-return-family-guy-2013-12" target="_blank">As many predicted</a>, Brian the dog returned in last night's Christmas episode of the <keyword id="1136519" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Seth-MacFarlane">Seth MacFarlane</keyword> animated comedy and it looks like he's here to stay.</p>
<p class="p1">Late November, the series <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/family-guy-killed-off-dog-brian-2013-11" target="_blank">killed off the family dog</a> in an episode that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/family-guy-petition-brians-death-2013-11" target="_blank">left many fans upset</a>.</p>
<p class="p1">Now in its 12th season, the death helped ratings jump a<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> bit.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Here's a look at the ratings for the past three episodes:</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Nov. 17 (episode before Brian's death): <a href="http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/19/sunday-final-ratings-the-mentalist-adjusted-up-no-adjustment-for-once-upon-a-time-or-almost-human/216581/" target="_blank">4.5 million viewers</a><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Nov. 24 (episode where Brian died): <a href="http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/26/sunday-final-ratings-the-simpsons-the-amazing-race-american-dad-americas-funniest-home-videos-adjusted-down/218148/" target="_blank">4.6 million</a><br /></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Dec. 8 (episode following death): <a href="http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/10/sunday-final-ratings-the-simpsons-family-guy-revenge-once-upon-a-time-betrayal-60-minutes-adjusted-down/221286/" target="_blank">5.4 million</a></span></p>
<p class="p1">With media - us included - covering the dog's death, "Family Guy" rolled with it, going as far <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">as <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/new-family-guy-theme-song-without-brian-2013-12" target="_blank">changing the opening of the show</a> to reflect Brian's absence and make viewers believe he was gone for good.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Last week, we reported it looked like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/will-brian-return-family-guy-2013-12" target="_blank">Brian may return to the show</a> after reviewing a future episode synopsis.</span></p>
<p>So in a twist that should shock no one, this week the dog returned from the dead after Stewie Griffin was able to get a hold of his old time machine to go back in time and save his beloved dog. </p>
<p>Confused?</p>
<p>Here's how it went down:</p>
<p>Stewie saw a time-traveling version of himself (it's a cartoon show) in the present, so he easily borrowed his time machine to travel back to the past to bring back his dead dog.</p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><p class="source">Fox / Family Guy screencap</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source">Fox / Family Guy screencap</p></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source">Fox / Family Guy screencap</p></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source">Fox / Family Guy screencap</p></div><p></p></div></div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">And just like that, he's back.</span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source">Fox / Family Guy screencap</p></div><p></p></div></div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Wonder if this will have repercussions. </span></p>
<p>Either way, while Brian's back, it looks like this will be the end of Vinny the dog (played by "Sopranos" actor Tony Sirico) who shortly became the Griffin's new family dog.</p>
<p>Good knowing you, Vinny.<div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><p class="source">Fox / Family Guy screencap</p></div><p></p></div></p>

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