ICYMI: James Gandolfini’s son Michael Gandolfini revisits the world of ‘The Sopranos’ as a troubled teen who later grows up to become a conflicted Mafia leader
LOS ANGELES, Sept 28 - How do you revisit the world of "The Sopranos" without James Gandolfini?
"The Many Saints of Newark," opening in U.S. movie theaters and on HBO Max on Friday, features younger versions of "Sopranos" characters, including Paulie, Janice, Junior, Carmela and matriarch Livia. "The experience of watching for the first time was very emotional. But once I sort of had gotten that out, it mostly was I was there to do a job and be the best actor that I could be," Gandolfini said.
"I was wary, because I thought how can you ask a young guy to take this on and to immerse myself in his dad? The good news is that he had wrestled with that himself and by the time he met me and we'd had an audition, he'd already made peace with it," said Taylor."He stood up and said he wanted to thank everybody for giving him a chance to say hello to his dad again and goodbye again, and tearing up. ...