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James Gandolfini left ‘The Sopranos’ creator David Chase constantly mesmerised with his “otherworldly” eyes. The actor played mob boss Tony Soprano in the smash HBO mafia drama from 1999 to 2007 alongside stars including Edie Falco before he was killed by a heart attack aged 51 in 2013 after years of drug and alcohol issues – which often caused havoc with the making of the show. David, 78, has now fondly remembered the star, telling a CBS News retrospective on the creation of the landmark show in honour of its 25th anniversary about his love for James’ trademark looks on the series: “He’s incr...
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Edie Falco “couldn’t stop crying” during the script read-through for ‘The Sopranos’ finale. The actress, 60, played despairing mob wife Carmela Soprano in the hit HBO mafia series from 1999 to 2007 and has now recalled how she was overcome with emotion while preparing to shoot its final episode with her co-stars. She said during a retrospective film about the show for CBS News: “I was out of control. I was embarrassed. “I really couldn’t stop crying – it was ridiculous. It was, ‘This thing in this moment will never happen again to me, to anyone.’” The series finale is infamous for cutting to b...
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Suzanne Shepherd has died aged 89. She was famed for being a ‘mob actress’ due to her roles in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’ as the mum of character Karen Hill and as Carmella Soprano’s mother in ‘The Sopranos’, and the star’s passing was confirmed by her family on Saturday (18.11.23) night. Suzanne’s granddaughter Isabelle told The US Sun of the actress’ death, but no cause of death was provided and the family did not provide additional details. Along with Isabelle, Shepherd is survived by her daughter Kate, son-in-law Miles, and daughter-in-law Joyce. Fans flooded social media with tributes...
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Edie Falco is to lead the cast of the indie comedy 'I'll Be Right There'. The 59-year-old actress has reunited with director Brendan Walsh on the movie that has wrapped production in New York. Jim Beggarly has written the script for the movie that will also star Jeannie Berlin, Charlie Tahan, Kayli Carter, Michael Rapaport, Michael Beach, Sepideh Moafi and Bradley Whitford. The movie follows single mother Wanda (Falco), who has her hands full as her eight months pregnant daughter (Carter) wants to get married, her mother (Berlin) thinks she is dying and he wayward son (Tahan) is either going i...
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Joe Pesci is joining the cast of ‘Bupkis’. The ‘Goodfellas’ star is slated to star in Pete Davidson’s Peacock semi-autobiographical sitcom as the 28-year-old funnyman’s grandfather. The 79-year-old movie star - whose only other regular television gig was ‘Half Nelson’, a 1985 comedy series that only ran for nine episodes with a cast list including Dean Martin and Fred Williamson - will join former The ‘Sopranos’ star Edie Falco, who will play Pete’s mother, on the cast list, according to Variety. According to the press release, the show - which Pete is executive producing and starring in - “wi...
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'The Sopranos' star Edie Falco is set to play Pete Davidson's mom in 'Bupkis'. 'SNL' comic Pete attended the 2022 NBC Upfronts on Monday (16.05.22), where he announced Edie, 58, will portray Amy Davidson in the upcoming Peacock series based on 'The King of Staten Island' star's life. He began: “I’ve done a lot of projects that reference my life because that’s kind of all I can do." The stand-up then quipped: “One of the things that sucks about that, though, is my family members, they often get to play themselves because of, you know, the low-budget situation. So, my mom is starting to think of...
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Parker Posey has joined the cast of 'The Parenting'. The 53-year-old actress will star alongside Brian Cox, Edie Falco, Lisa Kudrow, and Dean Norris in the new comedy movie, which centres on a young gay couple who host a meeting of their parents during a weekend in the country. Parker will play the manager of the country house, while Brian, Edie, Lisa and Dean will star as the parents. The Craig Johnson-directed project will also feature up-and-coming stars Nik Dodani and Brandon Flynn, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie has been written by Kent Sublette and will begin shooting in ...
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Brian Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Dean Norris and Edie Falco are to star in 'The Parenting'. The four TV stars are set to start filming the poltergeist comedy for HBO Max later this month in Massachusetts under the eye of director Craig Johnson, who is best known for his work on 2014's 'The Skeleton Twins'. Kent Sublette has written a script about young gay couple Graham and Josh, who host a meet-the-parents weekend at a cosy rental property in the countryside, only for the group to discover their temporary abode is already occupied by a 400-year-old evil entity. 'Succession' actor Brian and 'Nurse Jack...
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Edie Falco says James Gandolfini once halted 'The Sopranos' filming when he went into a "sugar coma". The 58-year-old actress - who played Tony Soprano's wife Carmela in the classic crime drama - has opened up about what it was like to film meal scenes on set with her late co-star. She told The Guardian newspaper: "We learned tricks so it looked like we were eating, but we weren’t. But Jim ate in every frigging take, and he ate between takes. "There was one scene we were shooting, where he was eating a bowl of ice-cream, and in every take he ate and would then re-fill the bowl, and then at one...
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Edie Falco felt a special connection with 'The Sopranos' co-star James Gandolfini. The 58-year-old actress played the wife of mafia boss Tony Soprano on the long-running crime drama and has opened up about working with her castmate, who portrayed her on-screen husband and sadly died of a heart attack at the age of 51 in 2013. She said: "We had such a strangely specific, similar way that we work, and a similar background. I don’t know how to explain this. We were just really regular middle-class, suburban kids that were never supposed to become famous actors. "My interpretation is that the whol...
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