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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Roisin O'Connor

David Chase’s fear for James Gandolfini when casting The Sopranos

James Gandolfini David Chase Tony Soprano JASON BAILEY Tony Sirico David Tennant Silvio Dante Steven Van Zandt HBO

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, delves into the life and work of the late actor, who died from a heart attack in 2013, aged 51.

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