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 ...

A new book on the life and career of James Gandolfini ... The Sopranos creator David Chase initially worried Gandolfini wasn’t “threatening enough” to play the troubled mobster.

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 ...

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“King James” has a structure reminiscent of a platonic version of 2000 film “Love and Basketball,” separated into four quarters (like a hoops game) with time jumps in between. The two ...

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 ...

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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, ...

It's impossible to imagine anyone but James Gandolfini as the menacing Tony Soprano, the sadistic yet charming criminal at the center of The Sopranos. But that didn't stop David Chase from trying.

open image in gallery From left to right: Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante, James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano and Tony Sirico as Paulie Walnuts in ‘The Sopranos’ (Getty Images) “David ...

They don’t call her Posh Spice for nothing. Longtime style star Victoria Beckham poked fun at her husband David’s gardening outfit in an Instagram video shared on the former soccer star’s page.