He may have been best-known for the way he cast an Italian-American mafia boss in a whole new light throughout six seasons of The Sopranos, but James Gandolfini also delivered scene-stealing turns in a wide range of films.
Following the actor’s sad and untimely death, WOW247 looks back at five of his greatest movie performances.
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James Gandolfini's last role was to be on HBO's The Night Of. We examine an earlier performance on The Sopranos to see what could have been.
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Last year saw the tragic loss of one of the greatest, most versatile and humanistic performers working in Hollywood. James Gandolfini often played thuggish, violent characters, owing to his New Jersey heritage and large stature: in reality, the actor was an avowed pacifist who had reservations about the malicious conduct of his best-known character Tony Soprano, and produced two documentaries about post-traumatic stress and life-changing injuries suffered by war veterans.
USA Today:
James Gandolfini has his final screen performance in 'The Drop' alongside Tom Hardy.
It was shortly after their first meeting on the Brooklyn set of The Drop that Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini had to shoot a pivotal, intense scene together.
But director Michaël Roskam had plenty of confidence in the duo for the drama about the underground crime world (due out Sept. 19).
