James Gandolfini’s son, 20, plays late dad’s iconic character Tony Soprano while filming Sopranos prequel fight scene
JAMES Gandolfini's son, 20, played his late dad's iconic character Tony Soprano while filming a fight scene for the movie prequel.
Michael will star as a young a Tony in The Many Saints of Newark, which is due out fall 2020.
"The hardest part of this whole process was watching the show for the first time. It was an intense process.
"Because, as an actor, I had to watch this guy who created the role, to look for mannerisms, voice, all those things I would have to echo.
"But then I’d also be seeing my father.”
He adding researching the role by himself and watching his father did take an emotional toll.
Michael relayed: "I was just sitting alone in my dark apartment, watching my dad all the time.
"I started having crazy dreams.
"I had one where I auditioned for David and I looked down at my hands, and they were my dad’s hands.”
James Gandolfini died suddenly in 2013 of heart attack while he was vacationing in Rome. He was just 51.
Before the upcoming film, Michael also appeared in HBO’s The Deuce.
His role as Tony will be as a supporting cast member.
The prequel follows Christopher Moltisanti’s father Dickie, who is introduced to the mafia during the race wars of 1960s in New Jersey.
Alessandro Nivola plays Dickie.
The rest of the cast includes Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen, Ray Liota, and Leslie Odom Jr.
The Main Saints of Newark will hit the silver screen on September 25, 2020.
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