Though Michael himself was not so easy to convince. She nailed it."Īnd of course, it's no effort to buy Michael Gandolfini as a teenage James Gandolfini.
And the other big one I think is good is Livia. "He totally had Steve's walk down, and the leaning into the camera," Taylor said. "He spent time with Steve to make sure he got it right. The same is true for the young Uncle Junior (Corey Stoll), who will grow up to be Dominic Chianese the younger Livia (Vera Farmiga), who will turn into the diabolical Nancy Marchand and the young Silvio Dante (John Magaro), who already has the distinctive Steven Van Zandt pout. More: Satin Dolls, exotic dance club featured in The Sopranos, to reopen for outdoor dining One is the uncanny casting of actors playing younger versions of familiar "Sopranos" characters.Įven in the best movies, this can often be hit-or-miss: do we really believe that Robert De Niro - great as he is - could grow up to be Marlon Brando? We grant it, because "The Godfather Part II" is a great movie.īut in "The Many Saints of Newark," Billy Magnussen, as young Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri, is a dead ringer for the his older self in the series, played by Tony Sirico. There are some gimmes for hard-core "Sopranos" fans. Between those two trailers, they sort of did a good job of saying … 'You've heard of Tony. It had the kind of humor and ridiculousness you saw in the show. Truer to the spirit of the movie, I think. "The second trailer was much more Dickie-centric. "The first trailer led with Tony and took us to Dickie." he said. Interest was built up over the course of two trailers, Taylor said, with a subtle shift in emphasis. Sopranos coverage: Farewell to Joseph Siravo, Tony Soprano's dad "I think they were right to think that the way in was Tony - because that's who we know."
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"Warner Bros. had to decide the best way to market this movie, how to introduce people to it," Taylor said.
Managing audience expectations has been a bit of a challenge with this film - since it has to please in equal measure "Sopranos" buffs, non-fans who wouldn't know the Bada Bing from a Bing cherry, and a Hollywood that is counting on the much-hyped "Saints" to jump-start the moviegoing habit after 18 months of COVID.
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