Michael Imperioli has revealed the scenes from The Sopranos he discovered the “most brutal” and “troublesome” to shoot.
The actor, who performed Christopher Moltisanti within the HBO sequence, recalled filming his dying scene by the hands of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) within the present’s last season.
“That wasn’t actually brutal in any respect, I’ll be trustworthy with you,” Imperioli informed the Guardian. “After we shot it, it wasn’t my final day both as a result of we shot out of sequence.”
The actor went onto clarify that the scenes the place his character needed to be bodily abusive to Adriana (Drea de Matteo) had been essentially the most difficult.
“Essentially the most brutal, troublesome stuff for me is when Christopher needed to be bodily abusive with Adriana, for apparent causes,” he added.
“On a technical stage, you’re making an attempt to be actually cautious so that you don’t damage the particular person. However having to get to that time of violence in the direction of a lady, you must go to some nasty locations to get there. Generally it’s very rapid. Generally it’s one thing current in your life which you could faucet into. Generally you must go someplace from the previous. And generally you must go to someplace imaginary.
“It’s a lot simpler capturing a mobster or capturing heroin. That stuff to me shouldn’t be troublesome. However that stuff together with her was. Generally you’ll use stunt doubles, generally not. And even then, it’s one factor to choreograph and rehearse it, then while you act it full-tilt with all of the emotion, it’s straightforward to not have as a lot management as within the rehearsal. So you actually must be fairly cautious.”
Talking to Vulture in 2021, de Matteo mentioned her co-star Imperioli struggled with the violent scenes between them.
“He had a tough time with numerous the violence that season,” de Matteo mentioned. “One time he needed to seize me by my hair and drag me throughout the room utilizing a harness. However the harness broke. I used to be sitting on the ground and crying, as a result of I’m within the second, and eventually informed him, ‘I’m not going to take a seat right here and wait. You’re dragging me by my hair and also you’re going to be happy with it.’ He mentioned, ‘I can’t do this.’ And I mentioned, ‘Sure, you possibly can.’ And we did it.”
The Sopranos got here to an finish in 2007 after six seasons. A prequel movie, The Many Saints Of Newark, was launched in 2021.
Since The Sopranos, Imperioli has starred in initiatives like The White Lotus, The Beautiful Bones and One Evening In Miami.
