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David Chase intrigued by Sopranos prequel idea
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David Chase intrigued by Sopranos prequel idea The idea of a prequel to “The Sopranos” intrigues series creator David Chase, but if that were to happen, he envisions it as atypical. The 69-year old showrunner says he wouldn’t mind exploring the era before the show began. “Even if I did it, it wouldn’t be ‘The Sopranos’ that was on the air — obviously at least one person is gone that we would need,” he says. “There are a couple of eras that would be interesting for me to talk about, about Newark, N.J. One would be (the) late ‘60s, early ‘70s, about all the racial animosity, or the beginning, the really true beginning of the flood of drugs.”
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Re: David Chase intrigued by Sopranos prequel idea
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I'm not sure if the guy who plays Johnny Boy is a good enough actor to hold a star role.. I mean he certainly isn't no James Gandolfini, that much is obvious. It would have to start from scratch with an all-new cast.
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Re: David Chase intrigued by Sopranos prequel idea
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That would be Armand Assante that starred in Gotti. Assante is around 65, so that's a bit of a stretch to play a guy who's supposed to be 25-35 years younger.
I'm not a fan of having a prequel. The original series started off as David Chase's life through the Tony Soprano character -- the depression, panic attacks, family dynamics, passive-aggressive mother and angry father -- and took tangents from there. A prequel would lack that original spark of inspiration. For where the timeframe would be, it's an entirely new cast playing the same characters. Not only would there be comparisons of the storylines, but also the actors who play those characters.
There's rumblings about a prequel to "The Wire," and obviously there's the "Better Call Saul" semi-prequel for "Breaking Bad" coming out next year. Going into the last season of "The Wire," there were three or four prequel vignettes, all of which were riddled with continuity errors. We'll see how "Better Call Saul" is, but that might be a novelty and last a season.
To me, all three of the original series are rare gems, and these efforts to create new shows cheapens them.
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“There are a couple of eras that would be interesting for me to talk about, about Newark, N.J. One would be (the) late ‘60s, early ‘70s, about all the racial animosity, or the beginning, the really true beginning of the flood of drugs.” I think that is absolutely an interesting era for a mob movie. Just before RICO, so they were still at the height of their power, but neighborhoods changing, FBI starting to figure out who's who, a time of change and conflict.
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“There are a couple of eras that would be interesting for me to talk about, about Newark, N.J. One would be (the) late ‘60s, early ‘70s, about all the racial animosity, or the beginning, the really true beginning of the flood of drugs.” I think that is absolutely an interesting era for a mob movie. Just before RICO, so they were still at the height of their power, but neighborhoods changing, FBI starting to figure out who's who, a time of change and conflict. Come to think of it, the drug trade was non-existent when it came to Soprano family earnings. There was a dealer kicking up points to Christopher in the first season, and Vito talked about getting into meth trafficking just before he was killed, but that's about it.
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Re: David Chase intrigued by Sopranos prequel idea
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Well and also when Paulie scored that huge take from the Colombian's drug profits. And idk Richie mentions Beanise still selling dime bags in Jefferson Park lol so maybe he used to kick up some drug money.
I too though would enjoy a prequel. Hell any new Soprano related show could be good. Just not an AJ spinoff!
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Re: David Chase intrigued by Sopranos prequel idea
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A young Richie Aprile who's still just an associate, or maybe a button... I'd pay some big bucks just to see that.
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The takedown of Feech Lamana's card game, the Jerry Anastasia character, more young Livia and Johnny boy.. and junior playing catch with Tony. ..lmao
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