Joining Nivola (
American Hustle, Disobedience) is James Gandolfini’s son Michael Gandolfini, 22, taking on the role his father made famous as young Tony Soprano. Here, Dickie is a mentor to young Tony. The trailer opens on James Gandolfini’s voice as the original Tony Soprano. “When I was a kid,” he says, “guys like me were brought up to follow codes.” From there, we see – what else? – violence, as Michael Gandolfini’s Tony loses his cool and gets into a scrape. The Oscar-nominated actor Vera Farmiga, who grew up going to school in Newark, plays Tony’s mother, the formidable Livia Soprano, while Jon Bernthal (
Michael Gandolfini listened to Tony Soprano’s therapy sessions to prep for ‘The Many Saints of Newark’
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Michael Gandolfini in 2020. He stars in The Many Saints of Newark, the Sopranos prequel film due out this fall.David Livingston | Getty Images
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Tony Soprano and Dr. Melfi.
At least when he was preparing to step into Soprano’s shoes in the upcoming film “The Many Saints of Newark.”
Gandolfini, 21, is the son of James Gandolfini, the actor who grew up in Park Ridge and made the fictional North Jersey Mafia boss famous, winning three Emmys for the role before he died in 2013 of a heart attack. He was 51.