Spoilers are a big deal in the entertainment industry. It’s a comical cliche for actors to talk about snipers being ready to take them out should they reveal anything about big projects they are working on, but the truth is that studios and productions really do take serious measures to prevent certain information from getting to the public. Nowadays, the behavior is most closely associated with superhero blockbusters, but the practice goes back many decades, and it’s a history that The Sopranos is very much a part of.
In a recent interview with The Independent, Steve Schirripa and Michael Imperioli (co-hosts of the podcast Talking Sopranos) took a big picture look back on their time making the beloved, critically acclaimed HBO series, and the conversation included discussion of maintaining big secrets. Unfortunately, there was someone involved with the show that wasn’t quite as trustworthy as others, as the actor best known for playing Bobby Baccalieri confirmed that there was a person on set who was spilling early information about the series to the public for personal profit. In his words,
