https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/michael-gandolfini-recorded-tony-soprano-dialogue-prequel-movie-1234615886/

This must've been hard for this kid. He's by far the best choice for the role if he's half the actor his dad was.

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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 Sopranothe 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 showI 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."

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TCTS mentioned this on another post.

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3173223/replies/58421089

Man, yeah, what a trip. So curious to see this.

If anything, it'll give me an excuse to do The Sopranos rewatch I've been wanting to do for years now.

For those curious, Michael most recently played Bobby Dwyer's son on The Deuce.

The first footage - just a couple quick shots - is in the latest HBO Max trailer...

TCTTS said:

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Man, yeah, what a trip. So curious to see this.

If anything, it'll give me an excuse to do The Sopranos rewatch I've been wanting to do for years now.

For those curious, Michael most recently played Bobby Dwyer's son on The Deuce.

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2 things.

1. I'm doing my Sopranos rewatch now I'm just into season 3. So great. Holds up so well really. Just seems like a period piece mob story now really. The performances are sooooo good. Character development and rich characters. My 22 year old daughter is watching and is obsessed with Carmella's style. lol. My son is 25 and also really likes it too for other reasons just mostly the dynamic of all the personal life stuff that beats Tony down. Cracks him up.

2. Didn't realize he was that guy from The Deuce he was really good in that role so that has me even more pumped I was worried about just giving him the role based on relation and looks.

Anyway I'm really pumped for this - could be great.

More excited about this than the GoT stuff.

we have to wait until september 24th? ugh.

Isn't it "The Many Saints of Newark"?

Swarely said:

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Isn't it "The Many Saints of Newark"?

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Newark / New York...same thing.

Will the new one have any way to fast forward over the Melfi scenes?