Michael Gandolfini is Playing a Young Tony Soprano
Stepping into his dad’s shoes is no easy task, especially when your dad played one of the most iconic characters of all time. Michael Gandolfini is also only 21, so it’s extra nerve-racking for such an inexperienced young man. Either way, he signed on for the David Chase and Alan Taylor Sopranos prequel called “The Many Saints of Newark.”
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Gandolfini described it as “an origin story through the eyes of Dickie Moltisanti, Christopher’s father.” Moltisanti was played on The Sopranos series by Michael Imperioli, and in the movie, Dickie will be played by Alessandro Nivola. Gandolfini also said that “The Tony Soprano we know has this beautiful vulnerability underneath and this rough exterior, but what if we flip that on its side and you watch a creative, hopeful, kind, curious kid get whittled down and formed into what he has to be?”