He said something like 'one time we brought in someone into the show who wasn't of the same background (italian ) . Everyone thought it wouldnt' work out and it didn't'.
I thought he was talking about Proval who isn't italian but i always thought he did a good job with richie. Who else could have he been talking about? Loggia? Buschemi? Apparently someone whose performance Gandolfini didn't like. Ralphie? I have to know, lol
Where'd you find that quote? I don't know who it might be -- Loggia, Buscemi and Pantoliano are all Italian so it's not them. I suppose it could be Proval but I've heard that Gandolfini was fond of him/his performance (and who wouldn't be? It's not like he was unconvincing as a gangster). The way he words the quote makes it sound like he's talking about a minor character, someone who was on the show for a few episodes or maybe a season at most.
sharei think it was from the quote section on James on imdb. I thought Buschemi, Proval or the detective guy from the first season, but idk. I didn't know Buschemi was italian and i didn't know that there are accounts of James really liking Proval and his character and so on. I guess that rules them out. Damn! I'm dying to know who he was talking about lol
Hmm, well John Heard's character (the detective in S1) wasn't supposed to be Italian, so I don't think it was him. Trying to think who it could've been...
shareI don't see that quote in his IMDb Quotes page.
Not sure why it says (Italian). That would indicate to me that the word wasn't said, but that the person transcribing the quote inserted it because they believed that was what was meant by "wasn't of the same background".
If you forget about that meaning "Italian" and instead consider that it might mean "television background", the answer pretty clearly is Robert Loggia, who primarily worked in film. He also did some network TV, but in those parts he had fewer scenes, less lines of dialogue, and probably not as nuanced a portrayal was being asked of him.
In case there are any of you who don't know, it had originally been intended to keep Feech around longer. But Loggia had trouble remembering his lines, and the show couldn't afford to have him keep needing way too many takes to get his lines down, so he was written out early.
You think? You might be right, I don't know. I didn't know he had these troubles on set, but I have to say that his performance as Feech was absolutely perfect to me. I loved every minute of this gritty bastard and Loggia really must have worked on that, because he really felt like he just came out of jail.
And Tony's scenes with Feech were great, Loggia really fired back at Gandolfini, unlike Proval who I felt held back his temper too much. I love it when Tony has gargantuan fights with others, all loud and *beep* Love it, it's like watching titans go to war. God I love this show. I 'm gonna watch it now, damn it, I was supposed to do something else, lol
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Gandolfini didn't say that. It was assumed by whoever transcribed the comment, a comment that we have no idea if it was really even said by Jimmy G in the first place.
He said something like 'one time we brought in someone into the show who wasn't of the same background (italian ) . Everyone thought it wouldnt' work out and it didn't'.
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ur right the "italian" was inserted in by someone else but hes still slamming somebodys performance