David Chase didn't know if James Gandolfini was 'threatening enough' to play Tony Soprano while casting 'The Sopranos.' ...

Chase thought Gandolfini was "brilliant," but he still had one concern before choosing him for the role, per a new biography ...

James Gandolfini wasn't well known when he landed the part of Tony Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos," and the show's ...

David Chase had reservations about casting James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in his series The Sopranos, it has emerged. A new ...

More than 25 years later, it seems impossible to imagine anyone other than James Gandolfini in the role of Tony Soprano.

A new biography reveals that James Gandolfini's portrayal of Tony Soprano almost didn't happen. Initially, Sopranos creator ...

Robert Iler, Stven Van Zandt and Bracco shared some rarely heard on-set stories about the late actor in a new memoir ...

When he finally settled down and really did a reading, it was just obvious,” Chase recalled in an excerpt via Jason Bailey’s ...

Meanwhile, Gandolfini had his own concerns: "Oh, for f---'s sake. This guy wants to eat breakfast? This guy's going to be a ...

In Jason Bailey’s new biography about the beloved actor, Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, an excerpt of which ...

A new book on the life and career of James Gandolfini ... The Sopranos creator David Chase initially worried Gandolfini wasn’t “threatening enough” to play the troubled mobster.

It's impossible to imagine anyone but James Gandolfini as the menacing Tony Soprano, the sadistic yet charming criminal at the center of The Sopranos. But that didn't stop David Chase from trying.