Michael Gandolfini has previously spoken about never watching “The Sopranos” until he was cast as young Tony Soprano in the upcoming prequel movie “The Many Saints of Newark.” In a new interview with The New York Times, the actor shared that he had an unexpected reaction to watching the Emmy-winning HBO drama series for the first time: Being James Gandolfini’s son would not help him become Tony Soprano.“Maybe I could know how to play my dad,” Michael said, “but I don’t know how to play Tony.
I have to create my own Tony from my life and still play the things that made him Tony.”As The New York Times reports: “Michael was utterly fascinated with the multifaceted Tony — ‘a character who will cry, become angry at himself that he’s crying and then laugh at himself all in one scene,’ he said.
Gandolfini was determined to
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