The golden age of television began with The Sopranos, at the end of the 90s, and it lasted until practically the end of Breaking Bad. The series about the New Jersey mobster family became an emblem of television and an example of what HBO can do on the plane of fiction. Almost fifteen years after its end, Warner Bros. Pictures will release a movie that will serve as a prequel.
The Many Saints of Newark (The Mafia Saints), will star Michael Gandolfini, the son of James Gandolfini, the actor who gave life to Anthony Soprano, who sadly lost his life in 2013. When he was announced as part of the cast he will have Alessandro Nivola (Jurassic Park III) as a co-star, the resemblance to his father was not long in coming.
This week, during an interview with Empire, Michael Gandolfini He talked about what it meant to him that David Chase chose it to give life to a more youthful version of Anthony Soprano. “It was probably the hardest decision I had to make”, assured the actor and said he did not want “Press on” so you tried “Be the best possible actor, playing Tony What David wanted”.
The resemblance between Michael and his father is uncanny. (Getty)
In this context, he referred to the pain of having to remember his father, who passed away almost a decade ago, with the character that made him a symbol of the golden age of television. “I didn’t think about my pain, because… Well, I would have made the bed dirty.”he said with a laugh Michael Gandolfini. In addition, he stressed that his version of the character will be the opposite of the one he played James Gandolfini: “My father’s character had that beautiful sensitivity underneath his aggressiveness. This version is the reverse, your curiosity and sensitivity come first “.
The Sopranos, an ending that still arouses debates
Beyond being considered one of the masterpieces of television, The Sopranos he could not avoid the debate in which fictions whose endings are questioned by his own and strangers fall. Without going into too many details that can hurt susceptibilities for those who are still watching it or did not start it, it was difficult for many to digest that the show ended with a simple fade to black.
On BoJack Horseman they managed to give an explanation as to why the ending was so abrupt. According to the series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Todd he was in a relationship for a time with the publisher’s daughter who had in her possession the only copy of the original tape. When he escaped, he used said tape to go down a balcony through which he ended up falling and cutting the original version. According to the version of BoJack Horseman, the true ending was with Tony married to Dr. Melfi.
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