‘Destructive’ James Gandolfini constantly threatened to quit ‘The Sopranos’, new doc reveals
nypost.com“Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” premiered at Tribeca Film Festival on June 13 and revealed how the late Gandolfini battled demons while playing a mob boss on the iconic HBO series.
His TV wife, Edie Falco, said in the doc that Gandolfini “was a very good, kindhearted man,” but that the role “may have taken a toll on him,” according to USA Today.
David Chase, who created the series, said that Gandolfini “had to go places that were destructive to him, and painful for him,” to play Tony Soprano.According to the documentary, Gandolfini reportedly deprived himself of sleep for days, walked around with rocks in his shoes “to get angry,” and bruised his hands by hitting the inside of his character’s car.
The actor also allegedly “threatened to quit the show nearly every other day,” including when there was an attempted intervention to stop his frequent drinking.
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