“No, I don’t want to do that”: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’ Nearly Robbed Us of the Best Casting in ‘The Sopranos’ After James Gandolfini
Imagine a world where The Sopranos wasn’t the same. Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas almost stole away one of the show’s greatest casting choices after James Gandolfini. Yes, things could’ve gone very differently, and not in a good way.
Martin Scorsese | Image by Harald Krichel, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
While Goodfellas is iconic in its own right, the thought of this actor missing from The Sopranos is like pasta without the sauce — unfathomable. Luckily, fate (and some solid decision-making) stepped in to keep this legendary role right where it belonged.
How Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas almost cost us the perfect Sopranos cast Lorraine Bracco with James Gandolfini in The Sopranos | Credits: HBO
In an ironic twist, Goodfellas star Lorraine Bracco almost missed out on her iconic role in The Sopranos. After playing Karen Hill in Martin Scorsese‘s masterpiece, Bracco thought she was done with mafia wives.
Martin Scorsese | Image by Harald Krichel, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
While Goodfellas is iconic in its own right, the thought of this actor missing from The Sopranos is like pasta without the sauce — unfathomable. Luckily, fate (and some solid decision-making) stepped in to keep this legendary role right where it belonged.
How Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas almost cost us the perfect Sopranos cast Lorraine Bracco with James Gandolfini in The Sopranos | Credits: HBO
In an ironic twist, Goodfellas star Lorraine Bracco almost missed out on her iconic role in The Sopranos. After playing Karen Hill in Martin Scorsese‘s masterpiece, Bracco thought she was done with mafia wives.
- 28.1.2025
- von Heena Singh
- FandomWire
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