James Gandolfini’s Son Recorded Four Hours of Tony Soprano Dialogue to Prep for Prequel Film

[Dave24]

Stepping into the shoes of Tony Soprano is no easy task for any actor, but the challenge is significantly greater when Tony Soprano actor James Gandolfini is your father. Enter Michael Gandolfini, the 21-year-old son of the late James Gandolfini, who is tackling the role of a young Tony Soprano in David Chase and Alan Taylor’s “Sopranos” prequel movie “The Many Saints of Newark.”

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Gandolfini described “The Many Saints of Newark” as “an origin story through the eyes of dikkie Moltisanti, Christopher’s father.” Christopher Moltisanti was played on “The Sopranos” by Michael Imperioli, while dikkie will be portrayed in the prequel movie by Alessandro Nivola.

Gandolfini added about the film, “The Tony Soprano we know has this beautiful vulnerability underneath and this rough exterior, but what if we flip that on its side and you watch a creative, hopeful, kind, curious kid get whittled down and formed into what he has to be?”

Before auditioning for his father’s most famous role, Michael Gandolfini had never watched an episode of HBO’s “The Sopranos” because father James “didn’t want me to see Tony Soprano—the violence, the angry, the mean,” the young actor said. “Of course I was on set and would visit him in his trailer, but I had never watched the show…I never knew Tony Soprano. I only knew my dad.”

Michael Gandolfini started watching “The Sopranos” for the first time to prep for his Tony Soprano audition. The actor said, “It was really hard to watch my dad. I recorded four hours of his monologues with [Dr.] Melfi and walked around New York with them constantly, constantly, constantly playing in my ear.”

When Michael Gandolfini landed the part made famous by his father, he had faith it wasn’t just stunt casting given “Sopranos” creator David Chase’s direct involvement with the prequel film. As the actor concluded: ““I had this unspoken trust that David [Chase] wasn’t going to cast me if there was even a shred that this isn’t going to work.”

Warner Bros. will release “The Many Saints of Newark” in theaters and on HBO Max starting September 24.

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[AnonymityX1000]

Cool beans. He was decent on the Duece.

 

[NZA]

i havent seen him act and i have not heard his voice but he definitely has the look.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

He was good in 'The Deuce'' - I'll be interested to see how he does in this.

 

[smoove157]

I wonder if this movie ends with Tony killing somebody that was close to him.

I assume at some point he has to clip Willy Overall the bookie

they should show who hits dikkie in front of his crib so we can see its not that retired cop

 

[AMcV'88]

he was decent in The Deuce.

I like that he used to post the fukk ups/outtakes of his video auditions on his IG

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

It’ll be interesting to see him rage and get the tone of TS...he was much more reserved and likely his real tone of voice.

James Gandolfini sounds nothing like TS in real life, so I’m hoping his son can pull off the emotions of the TS voice

 

[BulletProof]

I wonder if this movie ends with Tony killing somebody that was close to him.

I assume at some point he has to clip Willy Overall the bookie

they should show who hits dikkie in front of his crib so we can see its not that retired cop

It has to cover the robbery that Christopher and those two idiots try to replicate that Tony and crew successfully pulled off.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

It has to cover the robbery that Christopher and those two idiots try to replicate that Tony and crew successfully pulled off.

Christopher was playing in the game not part of the robbery.

 

[Mook]

I got a feeling this will suck

 

[AnonymityX1000]

I got a feeling this will suck

Might not reach Sopranos heights but with Chase doing it I believe that elevates the floor of this to at least decent. It will have good dialogue and realistic humor.

 

[BulletProof]

Christopher was playing in the game not part of the robbery.

Oh I agree.

It was those two idiots that were the issue.

Down to the point Christopher got shot, lived, and had them get clipped.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Oh I agree.

It was those two idiots that were the issue.

Down to the point Christopher got shot, lived, and had them get clipped.

Think you're mistaking two idiots for two other idiots.

Chris' lackeys in s2 try to murder him to prove themselves to Richie Aprile. Chris kills one of them in selfdefense. Matt gets killed by Tony and Pusst while Chris was in a coma.

Jackie Jr and his friends try to mimick Tony/Sylvio and Jackie robbing Feech's cardgame in s3. They end up killing Sunshine and shooting Furio. Chris runs outside and pops Dino. He wants to go after Jackie too but Tony forbids it.

GOAT show

 

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