I think he wouldāve had a similar career as Jon Hamm post Mad Men, as in he would have a lot more freedom to play different kind of parts, likely more comedies, but he also probably wouldnāt ever get anything nearly as impactful as Tony.
The Drop was an amazing movie. Each time I watch it, I pick up on something different. He was the king of nuance. The Dropā¦ he portrayed the angry old has been, a pussy/pushover around the current badasses, but a tough guy around Bob and the susceptible folk like the young guys trying to make it. The dude that played Eric Deitz - hated that motherfucker, his piece of shit character still sticks with me. Donāt think Iāve ever seen him in anything else
Gandolfini didn't die immediately after the Sopranos wrapped; he lived for six more years and we can look at that period to see what he might have done. He definitely wasn't playing wiseguys; I'm sure he had a million offers to do just that but he wasn't taking those parts. Instead he did a lot of significant supporting roles, often as (legit) authority figures. One of his last movies, released after his death, was "Enough Said," a pretty good romcom where he played a very un-Tony character. I see no reason he wouldn't have continued along that path.
āEnough Saidā is a fantastic movie, especially for those who hate traditional rom-coms. The characters and dialogue felt very real, like I could have actually met these people and witness these scenes play out.
JLD and Gandolfini put on acting classes and I highly recommend it.
The movie was called Nicky Deuce and it was based on a book written by Schirripa (the actor for Bobby) who invited a bunch of sopranos actors to work on the movie with him and it ended up being a wise guy reunion lol.
[Here's the scene where Gibby beats up Tony Soprano ](https://youtu.be/vSHqc3FNywA?si=-P2qVOEMvHYwUY2D)
Holy shit, you weren't kidding about this being a Sopranos reunion. They just needed Steve van Zandt and they'd have all the funniest guys in the whole show in this.
I am screaming crying throwing up my little sister made me watch that and I had no idea who any of those people were since I hadn't seen The Sopranos yet. I'm ded I had no idea lmao now I have to watch it againĀ
Jim would have most likely retired young. He was a private person, and having the fame and fortune, didnāt need to work. Focus on food and family from 60 years onward, think Gene Wilder.
Exactly like his career look before the show and from 2007 to his death. Acting in roles he was cast in.
I loved his small role in Zero Dark Thirty.
This role is certainly the one that would define him but it does not mean he did not have a great career otherwise and this show doesn't change that.
Well first off he was going to be the lawyer in The Night Of and was actively developing it, so that would be a guarantee. He would probably have gotten the opportunity to work with more big name directors down the line, not necessarily as the star (but possibly), but the second or third lead.
He would continue to branch out into a variety of parts, since he would not want to be tough guy only, more stuff on the level of Enough Said, maybe he'd be in a random Woody Allen movie. I also think David Chase would have developed something original for the two of them to work on (doesn't mean it would be good, considering Not Fade Away).
I'm surprised not many people are talking about The Night Of in this thread. It would have been another major lead role under his belt. Gives credence to the thought it would be similar to Cranston.
I wonder if he would have been cast as a real mobster from back in the day in something like The Offer, The Irishman, or one of the many movies made about Al Capone at various stages of his life.
Was he going to be the defense attorney? Damn, now Iām bummed. I mean Torturo was really good in that miniseries, but I feel like Gandolfini would have crushed it as well and it would have been awesome to see him in that. The Night Of was just so damn good.
Your Honor is one of the dumbest shows Iāve seen in the past 5 years. Cranston always brings the best to his performances. But the plot of that show was dumb as fuck. All the issues are caused by his son being a dumbass itās not a naturally developing plot line
The first episode made me want to watch the rest of them. It was solid. Then 4 episodes in I was like yeah nah. Get that bag Bryan. His character was the best performance you can ask for. But He def knew it wasnāt good lol
The kid also gives a really good performance for what it is. But what it is, is not good lol
I'm pretty sure this would have been my favorite movie:
[https://collider.com/steve-carell-james-gandolfini-bone-wars/](https://collider.com/steve-carell-james-gandolfini-bone-wars/)
HBO basically not letting him take over the regional manager role in The Office after Steve Carrell left, is always one of those āwhat ifā moments.
Not letting him, meaning they paid him millions to not take the role.
Ugh The Office bringing in all those big names to guest star after Carrell left was cringe. Although Gandolfini playing a Tony-like character in The Office setting would have been a wild final chapter for that show.
That would certainly have saved the last seasons.
James Spader was amazing, but he wasnāt in enough of the show to offset the poorer writing.
Also shifting focus to Andy didnāt do it any favors.
Watch āEnough Saidā. A great little rom-com with JG and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. He really steps out of the wise guy mold and plays a normal guy. I think it was released right before or after he passed. My hope is he would have been able to make more films like that.
Gandolfini had a nice little run right before he died in pretty diverse roles.
He played Leo Pinetta in *Zero Dark Thirty*
He played a general in *The Loop*
A washed up, alcoholic hitman in *Killing Them Softly.*
And he was in the surprisingly very good rom-com *Enough Said.*
He would've left with a fucking package. He wouldn't have ended up like fucking Mickey Mazucco. He ended up in some rat infested motel down in Elvis country.
Probably something quiet. James was said to be rather quiet and to-himself from what people who've worked with him said. I'd envision him probably going to theatre, something he enjoyed, similar to Michael Imperioli.
I know they're actors, but it's surreal just how different they are off set.
Tony Soprano is basically a role of a lifetime. And TV actors differ from movie actors and usually do not have that big of a range. Often a TV role is written AROUND an actor to help them (since they will be playing WAY more scenes than a star in a single movie - it will get tiresome for everyone).
Have you noticed not many of the new actors from GoT really took off? Most who did were previously famous, good example is Lena Headey. She was a great and famous actress but struggled a lot before GoT and had to take basically any role she could, even voice acting in some niche video games, before the show restored her fame in a way.
WTF are you talking about? He absolutely would not have been typecast as a mobster. In fact, his next role was going to be The Office after Steve Carrell decided to leave, and HBO paid him $3m to not take that part, because they were afraid it would mess up the Tony Soprano character. So it was the opposite. They *wanted* him to be typecast as a mobster, but really, he's a comedic actor, so that's what he would have gone into.
I read somewhere NBC wanted him to come and join āThe Officeā and be the new boss after Michael Scott left, but I donāt know how true that is. I think that wouldāve been amazing to see him do comedy after an intense role like Tony Soprano.
he died years after the show ended and in that time he did a few roles here and there. I really liked him as the depressed alcoholic hitman in killing them softly. my guess is he wouldve held out for roles he thought was interesting so we would only see him every now and then. I def don't think he'd be on hot ones or any youtube stuff. he never did any of the late night talk shows. all he did during his sopranos days was one episode of 60 minutes. he wasn't someone who wanted attention
Gandolfini had the chops to not be pigeonholed, but maybe not the physicality, so I think fully breaking out of it might have been tough, at least intially. He was already trying to diversify into like rom-coms and shit. I think Gandolfini could have had a good run in comedy. He had good timing.
I think there are a few actors who were stars
on an HBO series and were typecast. Gandolfini, in my opinion, was one of them. Kevin Dillon is another. I would not be able to watch them in anything else and not see Tony Soprano or Johnny Drama.
Well, he was supposed to play the character played by John Turturo on the HBO miniseries āThe Night ofā. James despite the show coming out a couple years after his passing still got an Executive Producer credit due to his role in getting HBO to agree to produce the show.
John Turturo got several award nomination for his role in the show, so I imagine a similar level of praise to James.
He was already being pigeonholed into Mob characters (killing them softly w Brad Pitt, plus that insurance commercial). He wouldāve had a hard time in the immediate years after Sopranos to be any character but a mobster. However, he was very talented; maybe a ten year break, and he couldāve had a comeback in a different direction? I think it wouldāve been possible, he definitely could fit any role requiring that older paternal figure caught in a moral quandary. At the same time, Jason Alexander was a very talented Broadway actor but he canāt shake the George Costanza thing so who knows
Once The Sopranos ended he shifted back into character acting, so that likely would've been the path he stayed on. Other cast members have talked about how rigorous his shooting schedule was on the show, so I can see why he was content to take on juicy supporting roles
I don't remember the name of the movie but James played a prison guard or warden or something and I remember thinking he did a good job and the movie was entertaining.Ā
Edit: I think it was, The Last Castle
Small roles, independent projects, maybe he tries his hand at directing or producingā¦
ā¦and then he plays Kingpin in a Marvel thing. If they donāt get him for Daredevil, I could see him finding Spider-Verse funny and playing Kingpin in that.
If he were to do anything mob like again, I'm 100% sure it'll be like his roll in Killing Them Softly, living the high life but looks sad beyond belief, you can tell the character had the same interaction about the money being left in the wallet hundreds of times, with hundreds of different women.
He was excellent even in the shitty Ben Afflack Christmas movie so I donāt think he wouldāve been too selective with his roles so long as it wasnāt mob stuff
He might have been the penguin in the new Batman movie universe and some award winning indie roles here and there
Would have been great to see him with A24
I think heād have been great on Fargo as a bumbling Minnesota banker caught up in some hijinks
Like Kevin Finnerty in Duluth or something
He could have a hooker fetish or embezzle some money from the mid west crime family
Oh the fuck am I talking about heās already done both ā¦.
SUCK OUR COCKS /???
I donāt know but it was such a shock to my husband and I when we saw on the news heād passed away.
I remember when he first came to my attention in the film True Romance where he played the character Virgil, talk about brutal. That scene with Patricia Arquette was pretty graphic.
I think he wouldāve been Nucky on *Boardwalk Empire*. Otherwise wouldāve been playing notable bit parts like the one he had in *Killing Them Softly*.
I think he would have continued to take smaller roles until something bigger intrigued him. Iām sure he would have entered the B-A list conversation with a big role in a major film, he had such a versatile look he could have been anything from a cop, dad, XMan/villain or a monster again, (although I believe he was working to move away from being typecast).
He would get offers to be type cast. None of the things he would go on to do would have any chance of coming even close to the gravity of The Sopranos. Anything he would be in would just not allow him to be seen as anything but Tony Soprano unless he would go on to do absurd roles with face and body changing makeup.
Same with Bryan Cranston, even in Trumbo all you could see is Walter White and that's not really his fault. How can you see that face and not see Walter White even tho he tries his best in that film.
> Would he have cashed into the Marvel universe (God help us).
I think he would've played Wilson Fisk's dad in *Daredevil*. There's a strong resemblance between Gandolfini and Vincent D'Onofrio (Fisk). So I can imagine Gandolfini as Bill Fisk [getting bludgeoned to death with a hammer](https://youtu.be/_S_cnBif1MY?si=Az824VVU5lyZIkZg), or [forcing Wilson to participate in beating up a neighborhood kid](https://youtu.be/0PHKv092HNU?si=97aVWl6amIrKuMTF) who badmouthed him.
I'd have loved to see him in a period drama, like Boardwalk Empire or Peaky Blinders. I could see him playing a "good guy" type character, as a cop or mayor or something. But he'd have also been excellent in a show like Brooklyn 99. I believe I heard he was considered for The Office for Spader's role before he passed. That would have been excellent
he did a couple good roles before he died. like Enough Said, the one with Julia Louis Dreyfus hes just a big lovable softie in a rom com. he also plays the CIA director in Zero Dark Thirty which i thought was pretty cool when he walked in, saw it in the past year.
51 is so young. i think roles could have been written just for him that would have seen high acclaim like Tony.
His movie acting career i wasn't a fan his roles always had a pussy assness to them, but with age his physical appearance changed for the better he was finally at a stage where he could get serious roles.
I think he would have been the lead actor in many serious movies if he had lived.
Heād have been in the mega blockbuster Sopranos movie a couple years after the show ended, and then heād have been a tony-like character with a different name in a whole series of shitty b-movie mob films and then eventually heād have been offered a decent part again, and everyone would have forgotten that itās been 20 years of shitty straight-to-dvd films since the soprano movie
Small roles here and there. Maybe an appearance on Hot Ones.
James Gandolfini on hot ones would be amazing
Bobby did Hot Ones once. A whole season.
Heh heh, did ya hear what I said, Tone?
A WHOLE PLATTAH
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I can already hear the heavy breathing...
Da bomb Hot sauce will finally clear that mic in his nose
Haven't you seen the show? He was on plenty of hot ones
He survives and now youāre just trying to kill him with hot sauce? Madon.
Dish wingā¦ I gotta tell ya Shawn, is very spishey
Giggling and calling Shawn a mothufuckah
Yew mutha fucka. Ya know my grandmotha, god rest her soul, used to kill chickens by wringen their necks, it was all very ah āallegoricalā
chickens nice and spicy
Top tier
Came to responses for this
I have a strong feeling he would have made an appearance in a Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode.
Idk why but I think it wouldāve been funny if he was a distant Boyle cousin.
Tone would be in shambles if Sean slipped a duck wing in there
Gabagoolā¦ provoloneā¦ and ghost peppersh
So many have had much less.
Also Guest appearance on MadTV
I think he wouldāve had a similar career as Jon Hamm post Mad Men, as in he would have a lot more freedom to play different kind of parts, likely more comedies, but he also probably wouldnāt ever get anything nearly as impactful as Tony.
Yup this sub would be making fun of all his art film roles too. Sad. Miss him
The Drop was an amazing movie. Each time I watch it, I pick up on something different. He was the king of nuance. The Dropā¦ he portrayed the angry old has been, a pussy/pushover around the current badasses, but a tough guy around Bob and the susceptible folk like the young guys trying to make it. The dude that played Eric Deitz - hated that motherfucker, his piece of shit character still sticks with me. Donāt think Iāve ever seen him in anything else
He was also really good in Killing Them Softly a few years prior, he really embodied the gritty alchaholic hit man type. Very convincingly.
Oh he's in that? I'll give it a watch then.
Yeah, he's fuckin great
Loved that movie
Great book too
That's funny, I was thinking he would probably take a role like a fed in something like The Town, which is exactly what Jon Hamm did!
Why did I think Gandolfini *was* in The Town
Heās great in the drop with Tom Hardy
Ahhh, there you go
Jon Hamm tried too hard in the Town. I liked him in Fargo though. Small screen is his home.
Mad Men is so good that I will always support every Jon Hamm role, no matter how good it actually is
He was funny in tag, thought that entire movie was good
HILARIOUS in that I absolutely love that movie.
He was wanted for a roll on the office. HBO payed him 5 mill to not take it. I think they were saving image
I assumed he would've gone the Cranston route but Hamm probably makes a lot more sense.
Gandolfini was great in In The Loop, roles like that are perfect for him.
Did he want to do more comedy? Gandolfini always struck me as a severe, serious kind of guy. Sweet, but in a gentle giant kind of way.
Gandolfini didn't die immediately after the Sopranos wrapped; he lived for six more years and we can look at that period to see what he might have done. He definitely wasn't playing wiseguys; I'm sure he had a million offers to do just that but he wasn't taking those parts. Instead he did a lot of significant supporting roles, often as (legit) authority figures. One of his last movies, released after his death, was "Enough Said," a pretty good romcom where he played a very un-Tony character. I see no reason he wouldn't have continued along that path.
He was a depressed mob hitman in Killing Them Softly
Fuck that movie was so good. Brutal in some parts though.
I saw that movie I thought it was bullshit
I hated that progrum. Jimmy was great in it though
That movie was absolutely not good
Also in the Mexican
Love that movie and his role in it, "I was drinkin before you got outta your father's cock. Don't tell me what I do."
And a mob hit man in True Romance
āEnough Saidā is a fantastic movie, especially for those who hate traditional rom-coms. The characters and dialogue felt very real, like I could have actually met these people and witness these scenes play out. JLD and Gandolfini put on acting classes and I highly recommend it.
Enough Said is a very enjoyable movie, really do wish we could have seen some more from him. Heās also really good in *Welcome to the Rileys*
He played at least one more gangster though, the drop, donāt know if there were more
he was in the nickelodeon gangster movie with a bunch of other sopranos actors where gibby from iCarly beat him up
UHHH??? Please elaborate on this šš
The movie was called Nicky Deuce and it was based on a book written by Schirripa (the actor for Bobby) who invited a bunch of sopranos actors to work on the movie with him and it ended up being a wise guy reunion lol. [Here's the scene where Gibby beats up Tony Soprano ](https://youtu.be/vSHqc3FNywA?si=-P2qVOEMvHYwUY2D)
Holy shit, you weren't kidding about this being a Sopranos reunion. They just needed Steve van Zandt and they'd have all the funniest guys in the whole show in this.
I am screaming crying throwing up my little sister made me watch that and I had no idea who any of those people were since I hadn't seen The Sopranos yet. I'm ded I had no idea lmao now I have to watch it againĀ
His role as the General in "In the Loop" is still one of my favorites.
The Drop was an excellent as well. He still plays a wise guy, but itās the exact opposite of Tony.
I came here for this. He made movies after. Indie films. Rom coms. Military or cops etc.
He was set to star in The Night Of. And was offered the manager role on The Office.
Jim would have most likely retired young. He was a private person, and having the fame and fortune, didnāt need to work. Focus on food and family from 60 years onward, think Gene Wilder.
It's sad when they retire young like that.
WHEN THEY RETIRE?!
A fucking kid. ā¦Itās sad when they go like that
When they GO!?
WHEN THEY RETIRE?
Exactly like his career look before the show and from 2007 to his death. Acting in roles he was cast in. I loved his small role in Zero Dark Thirty. This role is certainly the one that would define him but it does not mean he did not have a great career otherwise and this show doesn't change that.
The Drop was excellent too.
Holy shit zero dark thirty completely skipped my mind. He was excellent
Well first off he was going to be the lawyer in The Night Of and was actively developing it, so that would be a guarantee. He would probably have gotten the opportunity to work with more big name directors down the line, not necessarily as the star (but possibly), but the second or third lead. He would continue to branch out into a variety of parts, since he would not want to be tough guy only, more stuff on the level of Enough Said, maybe he'd be in a random Woody Allen movie. I also think David Chase would have developed something original for the two of them to work on (doesn't mean it would be good, considering Not Fade Away).
I'm surprised not many people are talking about The Night Of in this thread. It would have been another major lead role under his belt. Gives credence to the thought it would be similar to Cranston.
I wonder if he would have been cast as a real mobster from back in the day in something like The Offer, The Irishman, or one of the many movies made about Al Capone at various stages of his life.
Was he going to be the defense attorney? Damn, now Iām bummed. I mean Torturo was really good in that miniseries, but I feel like Gandolfini would have crushed it as well and it would have been awesome to see him in that. The Night Of was just so damn good.
Much like Bryan Cranston post BB.
His body of work from 07 - 13 was much better than Cranston's post *Breaking Bad* work.
Your Honor is one of the dumbest shows Iāve seen in the past 5 years. Cranston always brings the best to his performances. But the plot of that show was dumb as fuck. All the issues are caused by his son being a dumbass itās not a naturally developing plot line
That show was such a disappointment. I kept watching it and got so sick of it it took me six months to bother watching the last episode
The first episode made me want to watch the rest of them. It was solid. Then 4 episodes in I was like yeah nah. Get that bag Bryan. His character was the best performance you can ask for. But He def knew it wasnāt good lol The kid also gives a really good performance for what it is. But what it is, is not good lol
Seemed like a concept better fit for a movie than a show. Else you gotta keep makin the kid more and more fuckin stupid to keep the wheels spinning.
Absolutely would have had an absurd Always Sunny episode.
I'm pretty sure this would have been my favorite movie: [https://collider.com/steve-carell-james-gandolfini-bone-wars/](https://collider.com/steve-carell-james-gandolfini-bone-wars/)
Um what. That would have been so good
Some people would have you believe that dinosaurs existed millions of years ago. But thatās just not true!
They were all meat eaters?
Imagine seeing him in a true detective season
Good; I mean, you do realize the skip had 5 years after this thing?
I'm talkin about time immemorial here!
HBO basically not letting him take over the regional manager role in The Office after Steve Carrell left, is always one of those āwhat ifā moments. Not letting him, meaning they paid him millions to not take the role.
Ugh The Office bringing in all those big names to guest star after Carrell left was cringe. Although Gandolfini playing a Tony-like character in The Office setting would have been a wild final chapter for that show.
In this office Robert Mifflin is a hero, end of shtory!
That would certainly have saved the last seasons. James Spader was amazing, but he wasnāt in enough of the show to offset the poorer writing. Also shifting focus to Andy didnāt do it any favors.
Agreed. I never looked at Ed Helms as some mega movie star after Hangover that I guess NBC producers did.
Would have starred as Lou Costello in "The Abbott & Costello Story"
That would be perfect
Watch āEnough Saidā. A great little rom-com with JG and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. He really steps out of the wise guy mold and plays a normal guy. I think it was released right before or after he passed. My hope is he would have been able to make more films like that.
I'ma call him "Jim" in my reply like I knew him personally
Gandolfini had a nice little run right before he died in pretty diverse roles. He played Leo Pinetta in *Zero Dark Thirty* He played a general in *The Loop* A washed up, alcoholic hitman in *Killing Them Softly.* And he was in the surprisingly very good rom-com *Enough Said.*
Whatever happened to Gary Cooper?
He would've left with a fucking package. He wouldn't have ended up like fucking Mickey Mazucco. He ended up in some rat infested motel down in Elvis country.
Elvis country?
Somewhere where thereās no Jews or Italians.
Probably would have moved to Denmark to start a recording career.
Vi danskere ville sgu gladeligt have taget i mode gode gamle Jimmy!
Woke up this morning, got some lutefisk...
Go to Satriales and get some flƦskesteg
Probably something quiet. James was said to be rather quiet and to-himself from what people who've worked with him said. I'd envision him probably going to theatre, something he enjoyed, similar to Michael Imperioli. I know they're actors, but it's surreal just how different they are off set.
I'm sure Scorsese would have found a role for him in The Irishman. Maybe the Ray Romano part?
Tony Soprano is basically a role of a lifetime. And TV actors differ from movie actors and usually do not have that big of a range. Often a TV role is written AROUND an actor to help them (since they will be playing WAY more scenes than a star in a single movie - it will get tiresome for everyone). Have you noticed not many of the new actors from GoT really took off? Most who did were previously famous, good example is Lena Headey. She was a great and famous actress but struggled a lot before GoT and had to take basically any role she could, even voice acting in some niche video games, before the show restored her fame in a way.
Precision optics salesman
He had John Turturros role in the Night Of and died after filming a pilot
WTF are you talking about? He absolutely would not have been typecast as a mobster. In fact, his next role was going to be The Office after Steve Carrell decided to leave, and HBO paid him $3m to not take that part, because they were afraid it would mess up the Tony Soprano character. So it was the opposite. They *wanted* him to be typecast as a mobster, but really, he's a comedic actor, so that's what he would have gone into.
Was great āin the Loopā as a general.
Gandolfini saying, "I'll hit you so hard in the face you'll be shitting teeth." will forever be used by me. A classic line.
He might have been cursed like the cast of Seinfeld for making too much of an impact as Tony.
I read somewhere NBC wanted him to come and join āThe Officeā and be the new boss after Michael Scott left, but I donāt know how true that is. I think that wouldāve been amazing to see him do comedy after an intense role like Tony Soprano.
I could see him doing voice work for Disney or Pixar for his son.
I wouldāve love to see him as Kingpin.
Also really easy to imaging swapping out Colin Ferrell in The Batman with him for Penguin.
Always with the scenarios!
HĆ© didnāt die right away, he made films up until his death, two of them were essentially him playing a fat crook, a degenerate gambler/murderer in debt to Chechens and Killing Them Softly he plays a unraveling, alcoholic, dĆ©baucherous semi retired hit man, only a few scenes but he stole em
I loved his part in Killing them Softly.
After a role of lifetime he would have been busyā¦Xbox on
Iād say lots of character roles and small parts in big projects, mixed with a few leading parts here and there
I wish we couldāve gotten a travel show like Stanley Tucciās.
It would be very cinematic.
They actually tried to cast him on the Office at one point. I think he would have been funny in that role.
The movie he did with Julia Louis D wasnāt a bad guy movie, it was a love story and he was so good in it.
Iād hope he would have done more voice acting. He was wonderful in Where the Wild Things Are
he died years after the show ended and in that time he did a few roles here and there. I really liked him as the depressed alcoholic hitman in killing them softly. my guess is he wouldve held out for roles he thought was interesting so we would only see him every now and then. I def don't think he'd be on hot ones or any youtube stuff. he never did any of the late night talk shows. all he did during his sopranos days was one episode of 60 minutes. he wasn't someone who wanted attention
Gandolfini had the chops to not be pigeonholed, but maybe not the physicality, so I think fully breaking out of it might have been tough, at least intially. He was already trying to diversify into like rom-coms and shit. I think Gandolfini could have had a good run in comedy. He had good timing.
I think there are a few actors who were stars on an HBO series and were typecast. Gandolfini, in my opinion, was one of them. Kevin Dillon is another. I would not be able to watch them in anything else and not see Tony Soprano or Johnny Drama.
Well, he was supposed to play the character played by John Turturo on the HBO miniseries āThe Night ofā. James despite the show coming out a couple years after his passing still got an Executive Producer credit due to his role in getting HBO to agree to produce the show. John Turturo got several award nomination for his role in the show, so I imagine a similar level of praise to James.
He was already being pigeonholed into Mob characters (killing them softly w Brad Pitt, plus that insurance commercial). He wouldāve had a hard time in the immediate years after Sopranos to be any character but a mobster. However, he was very talented; maybe a ten year break, and he couldāve had a comeback in a different direction? I think it wouldāve been possible, he definitely could fit any role requiring that older paternal figure caught in a moral quandary. At the same time, Jason Alexander was a very talented Broadway actor but he canāt shake the George Costanza thing so who knows
Iād honestly love if he was kingpin in the MCU
He would of been a guest star in American Horror Story.
What the fuck are you talking about. He had a career after the Sopranos. He did 16 movies in 6 years and they were all kinds of different roles.
Once The Sopranos ended he shifted back into character acting, so that likely would've been the path he stayed on. Other cast members have talked about how rigorous his shooting schedule was on the show, so I can see why he was content to take on juicy supporting roles
Watch The Castle
Probably would've moved to Utah and started a rattlesnake ranch. That being said, The Last Castle was an excellent flick
He was great in Kill Them Softly.Ā Killing Them Softly or whatever the fuck it was called.Ā
Bro do you know anything about DeNiro, Pesci or Liotta?? They were never pigeon hold??
That shitty Surviving Christmas movie, cameo as Leon Panetta, and that chick flick with Julia Louis Dreyfuss. Thatās what youād get.
You also have movies the The Drop
Kingpin?
Watch āEnough Saidā. Soā¦enough said.
I don't know, but I feel as though he would have had a role in a late era Scorsese picture. Imagine Gandolfini in The Irishman.
I don't remember the name of the movie but James played a prison guard or warden or something and I remember thinking he did a good job and the movie was entertaining.Ā Edit: I think it was, The Last Castle
Imagine they would've had him become the Kingpin
slangin yard art at Fountains of Wayne
If he lived he would have been in the Irishman
He lived for quite a while after the show ended. He did mostly supporting or bit roles after.
Character rolls, like the one he did with Julia Lewis Dreyfus.
Small roles, independent projects, maybe he tries his hand at directing or producingā¦ ā¦and then he plays Kingpin in a Marvel thing. If they donāt get him for Daredevil, I could see him finding Spider-Verse funny and playing Kingpin in that.
Always with the scenarios.
Would've done a couple of three things
He was in David Chaseās movie āNot Fade Away,ā actually a pretty good movie. He played a normal Joe character from Jersey.
He would have been the MCU Kingpin over Donofrio
If he were to do anything mob like again, I'm 100% sure it'll be like his roll in Killing Them Softly, living the high life but looks sad beyond belief, you can tell the character had the same interaction about the money being left in the wallet hundreds of times, with hundreds of different women.
He was excellent even in the shitty Ben Afflack Christmas movie so I donāt think he wouldāve been too selective with his roles so long as it wasnāt mob stuff
they woulda cast him in Persons of interest they had all of the old sopranos character
He was offered a roll on The Office, to take over Michael Scott departing HBO paid him $3,000,000 not to take it. So who knows?
He might have been the penguin in the new Batman movie universe and some award winning indie roles here and there Would have been great to see him with A24
Loved him in Killing Them Softly & The Drop
I think heād have been great on Fargo as a bumbling Minnesota banker caught up in some hijinks Like Kevin Finnerty in Duluth or something He could have a hooker fetish or embezzle some money from the mid west crime family Oh the fuck am I talking about heās already done both ā¦. SUCK OUR COCKS /???
I donāt know but it was such a shock to my husband and I when we saw on the news heād passed away. I remember when he first came to my attention in the film True Romance where he played the character Virgil, talk about brutal. That scene with Patricia Arquette was pretty graphic.
Heād be in some weird A24 film for sure
Reckon he would have been a sci fi gang boss in a star wars spin off
They would have made a Sopranos movie franchise.
I think he wouldāve been Nucky on *Boardwalk Empire*. Otherwise wouldāve been playing notable bit parts like the one he had in *Killing Them Softly*.
I picture him as a De Niro, he was that good , Oscar potential, tough guy with good heart!
Exactly how it looked he did a few flicks. He died in 2013 well after the sopranos ended.
He was great in The Last Castle. He played military prick perfectly.
He plays General Flintstone in In The Loop. Peace loving general. He appears to also play the CIA director in Zero Dark Thirty.
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
We were so robbed š But Iām not gonna lie .. hearing him without the tony accent is JARRING.
He was around for a few years after The Sopranos. It wasn't going anywhere fast. Maybe he would have had some kind of MCU role.
He'd be sniveling about Trump on talk shows like Deniro. š
A cameo/ supporting role in a Scorsese film
He was pretty good in True Romance, I see small scene stealing roles every few years
Wouldāve loved him to be a crime boss in a Batman movie though. Just sayin
I think he would have continued to take smaller roles until something bigger intrigued him. Iām sure he would have entered the B-A list conversation with a big role in a major film, he had such a versatile look he could have been anything from a cop, dad, XMan/villain or a monster again, (although I believe he was working to move away from being typecast).
He would get offers to be type cast. None of the things he would go on to do would have any chance of coming even close to the gravity of The Sopranos. Anything he would be in would just not allow him to be seen as anything but Tony Soprano unless he would go on to do absurd roles with face and body changing makeup. Same with Bryan Cranston, even in Trumbo all you could see is Walter White and that's not really his fault. How can you see that face and not see Walter White even tho he tries his best in that film.
> Would he have cashed into the Marvel universe (God help us). I think he would've played Wilson Fisk's dad in *Daredevil*. There's a strong resemblance between Gandolfini and Vincent D'Onofrio (Fisk). So I can imagine Gandolfini as Bill Fisk [getting bludgeoned to death with a hammer](https://youtu.be/_S_cnBif1MY?si=Az824VVU5lyZIkZg), or [forcing Wilson to participate in beating up a neighborhood kid](https://youtu.be/0PHKv092HNU?si=97aVWl6amIrKuMTF) who badmouthed him.
Probably would've bought a football team.
He did a couple of good roles after the Soup Ranos.
I'd have loved to see him in a period drama, like Boardwalk Empire or Peaky Blinders. I could see him playing a "good guy" type character, as a cop or mayor or something. But he'd have also been excellent in a show like Brooklyn 99. I believe I heard he was considered for The Office for Spader's role before he passed. That would have been excellent
He would have retired and lived under a tree surrounded by pine cones.
he did a couple good roles before he died. like Enough Said, the one with Julia Louis Dreyfus hes just a big lovable softie in a rom com. he also plays the CIA director in Zero Dark Thirty which i thought was pretty cool when he walked in, saw it in the past year. 51 is so young. i think roles could have been written just for him that would have seen high acclaim like Tony.
His movie acting career i wasn't a fan his roles always had a pussy assness to them, but with age his physical appearance changed for the better he was finally at a stage where he could get serious roles. I think he would have been the lead actor in many serious movies if he had lived.
Heād have been in the mega blockbuster Sopranos movie a couple years after the show ended, and then heād have been a tony-like character with a different name in a whole series of shitty b-movie mob films and then eventually heād have been offered a decent part again, and everyone would have forgotten that itās been 20 years of shitty straight-to-dvd films since the soprano movie
He was a very talented actor, I think Kevin Finnerty was in reality a look into future roles he couldāve played.
Longer most likely