Gabagool! In the new documentary “‘Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” (now on HBO and Max), “The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli confessed that he thought he initially blew his audition for the show. “The idea of a series on HBO, back then, there was no prestige attached to that,” Imperioli, 58, said onscreen in … Read more
James Gandolfini went through dark times playing Tony Soprano. A new documentary about “The Sopranos,” titled “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” premiered at Tribeca Film Festival on June 13 and revealed how the late Gandolfini battled demons while playing a mob boss on the iconic HBO series. His TV wife, Edie Falco, said in the … Read more
In 1999, during its first season on HBO, “The Sopranos” was the biggest TV show in the world. It didn’t have the largest audience — its ratings were still dwarfed by network hits like “ER” and “Friends” —but it had cultural cachet. The dark, sometimes comic tale of a mob boss from New Jersey was … Read more