But The Sopranos creator David Chase was initially worried the actor wasn’t “threatening enough” to play the mafia boss in the acclaimed HBO drama series that ran for six seasons from 1999 ...

The Sopranos creator David Chase had doubts about casting James Gandolfini, it has been revealed. The excerpt looks back at the casting process for the lead role. In it, Nancy Sanders, one of ...

The "Sopranos" creator was hesitant to cast the actor in the HBO series' lead role. In an excerpt published by Vulture of Jason Bailey’s book “Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend ...

James Gandolfini wasn’t well known when he landed the part of Tony Soprano on the HBO series “The Sopranos,” and the show’s creator David Chase wasn’t completely sold on the casting when ...

By McKinley Franklin David Chase wasn’t initially sold on James Gandolfini playing Tony Soprano in The Sopranos because he thought he wasn’t “threatening enough.” In an excerpt from Jason ...

The Sopranos creator David Chase recently opened up about the casting process and revealed he had some hesitation with selecting James Gandolfini for the role of Tony Soprano. Before the iconic ...

James Gandolfini is best known for playing a single character: Tony Soprano, the bearish New Jersey gangster at the heart of HBO’s massively popular series “The Sopranos.” But Jason Bailey ...

Before hiring James Gandolfini for the role of Tony Soprano in The Sopranos, the show's creator admitted to having one specific concern about the actor. In the new biography titled Gandolfini ...

David Chase had reservations about casting James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in his series The Sopranos, it has emerged. A new book by Jason Bailey, Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, ...

When a Czech mob attempted to move in on the Sopranos' waste management business, Tony's hot-headed nephew Chris "handled the problem" by murdering their representative and dumping him on Staten ...

A lawyer said he had used the cartoon image of a dragon in a business suit as a logo for his firm, Dragon Lawyers, to symbolize “aggressive representation.” By Michael Levenson A purple dragon ...