\n10. Mob Attention<\/strong>
\nThe Sopranos was lauded for its authenticity but the show\u2019s realistic depiction of mob activities attracted the attention of real-life gangsters. As writer and executive producer Terence Winter told Vanity Fair in a wide-reaching 2012 interview, one FBI agent told him that he\u2019d heard real-life mobsters talking about the show over wire taps and that they were convinced The Sopranos writers had an informant on the inside because the show was too accurate.<\/p>\n\u201cWe would hear back that real wiseguys used to think that we had somebody on the inside. They couldn\u2019t believe how accurate the show was.\u201d Fortunately, no hits were ever carried out on Chase, Winter, or the rest of The Sopranos creative team!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n8. Paulie Was Based on the Actor Who Played Him<\/strong>
\nPaulie \u201cWalnuts\u201d Gualtieri is one of the many brilliant characters on the show. But as it turns out, he is actually very similar to the actor that portrays him \u2013 Tony Sirico. Funny yet also extremely dangerous and violent, Sirico was also a criminal with 28 arrests at the time he was cast (with 27 acting jobs). Not only was it a life of crime that made these two similar, but Sirico also states that he is also a neat-freak and lived at home with his mother. This was also true of his character, and contributed to some of the comedy in the show. Due to his eccentricities and OCD but also violent streak, it made Paulie one of the most memorable characters on the show and you can hear his voice simply by looking at a picture of him. This is largely down to Sirico\u2019s brilliant portrayal of the familiar character.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n6. James Gandolfini Paid Each Actor After Contract Disputes<\/strong>
\nTony Soprano may not have been the nicest of people, but James Gandolfini clearly was. Following the conclusion of Season Four, tensions ran high between the cast and the studio as there were disputes over payment. This resulted in delays before Season Five, after a staged sit-in shut down the set. To ease tensions and get everybody back to work, James Gandolfini (who had been paid) split his bonus with all the cast members, seeing them earn $33,333 each. Whilst Tony is undoubtedly the star a key reason why The Sopranos is deemed such an incredible show is that it has many expertly written characters who all contribute to the story \u2013 making each one hugely valuable. This generous act from Gandolfini is just one of many stories of his kindness and generosity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnny Hughes and Goliath present\u00a0Things You Probably Never Knew About The Sopranos.\u00a0 Here are three of my favorites … 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,51,65,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs","category-crime","category-trivia","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21156,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21155\/revisions\/21156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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