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

James Gandolfini only had a few minor film credits and only two television credits (one in a made-for-TV movie), before ...

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

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 ...

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

More than 25 years later, it seems impossible to imagine anyone other than James Gandolfini in the role of Tony Soprano.

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

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

A new book on the life and career of James Gandolfini ... The Sopranos creator David Chase initially worried Gandolfini wasn’t “threatening enough” to play the troubled mobster.

A new biography reveals that James Gandolfini's portrayal of Tony Soprano almost didn't happen. Initially, Sopranos creator ...