When it comes to the best series of all time, The Sopranos cannot be missing from any list. The HBO production is rightly considered a pioneer when it comes to the new trend of high-quality formats around the 2000s, which easily keep up with movies could.
A new documentary about The Sopranos has now been released in the USA, which also looks at the sometimes difficult filming with James Gandolfini in his signature role. The actor, who died in 2013, apparently wanted to quit the series all the time.
Sopranos star talks about James Gandolfini problems on set
As JoBlo reports, the current documentary Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos also deals with the pressure Gandolfini is said to have felt in the role. More details were revealed by The Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt, who is known from the series as Silvio Dante:
He has worked on the series probably thrown away every other day. Maybe every day. Every other day we’d go to a bar and have the exact same conversation. We’d get drunk and he’d say, ‘I’m done. I can’t, I’m not going back.’ And I’d say, ‘Okay, there’s a hundred people here depending on you.’ And he’d say, ‘Ah, yeah, yeah, okay.’
The new documentary about The Sopranos also addresses Gandolfini’s increasing alcohol addiction, which is said to have made production difficult at times. According to JoBlo, former HBO CEO Chris Albrecht also has his say in the film.
He describes an incident in which a Intervention held for the star When Gandolfini came into the apartment, he is said to have left immediately and only said “Fire me”.
Where can you watch The Sopranos?
In this country you only need a streaming subscription at Sky’s WOW. Here you can watch all 6 seasons of the series masterpiece. A German release date for the new Sopranos documentary is not yet known.