David Chase didn't know if James Gandolfini was 'threatening enough' to play Tony Soprano while casting 'The Sopranos.' ...

Chase thought Gandolfini was "brilliant," but he still had one concern before choosing him for the role, per a new biography ...

Meanwhile, Gandolfini had his own concerns: "Oh, for f---'s sake. This guy wants to eat breakfast? This guy's going to be a ...

A new book about Gandolfini’s life unveiled the near-miss and Chase’s thought process behind the iconic casting.

James Gandolfini wasn't well known when he landed the part of Tony Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos," and the show's ...

The role of Tony Soprano came down to three actors. Inside an HBO conference room, Sopranos creator David Chase needed ...

When he finally settled down and really did a reading, it was just obvious,” Chase recalled in an excerpt via Jason Bailey’s ...

In Jason Bailey’s new biography about the beloved actor, Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, an excerpt of which ...

The Sopranos creator David Chase initially worried Gandolfini wasn’t “threatening enough” to play the troubled mobster. In an excerpt from Jason Bailey’s new book, Gandolfini: Jim ...

David Chase had reservations about casting James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in his series The Sopranos, it has emerged. A new ...

The Sopranos’ creator David Chase wasn’t so impressed at first with actor James Gandolfini to cast him in the lead role for ...