“Many Saints of Newark” director reveals Tony’s fate in “Sopranos”

OH! Someone has spilled the gabagool on Tony Soprano’s mysterious fate, which spanned 14 years.

The director of the previous “The Many Saints of Newark” film, Alan Taylor, recently shared his thoughts on the iconic blackout ending of “The Sopranos” – a stunning conclusion to James Gandolfini’s superb work as a Mafia in therapy, an ending that ended with onion rings and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin ‘”.

“I have to go with Tony’s deaths,” Taylor, who has directed several episodes of “Sopranos,” told The Hollywood Reporter of the highly controversial final episode, “Made In America”.

In this inconclusive scene, Tony sits with his wife Carmela (Edie Falco, 58) and son AJ (Robert Iler, 36) as he watches strangers enter Holsten’s of Bloomfield, NJ just as the show takes place while the Soprano family is in the midst of conversation.

Over the years, the main theory of Tony’s death has been that the mysterious man sitting at Holsten’s counter leaves the confectionery bathroom with a gun and puts one in Soprano’s head at close range. , hence the cut to nothing.

“There are just too many signifiers [in the final season],” he added.

Too used to killing beloved characters, Taylor directed the episodes in which Johnny Sack (Vincent Curatola, 68), Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli, 55) and Bobby Baccalieri (Steve Schirripa, 64) were all pushed back. in this sixth and last season.

And it seems that the death of model train lover Bobby Bacala in the penultimate episode, “Blue Comet”, holds the key to knowing Tony’s fate, according to the director.

“The most important thing for me is, I think in the whole story of ‘The Sopranos’ there is only one line of dialogue that was performed a second time as a voiceover, and that is is when Bobby Baccalieri says you don’t hear the ball [when you’re killed]. “

This plot point was also touched on in Taylor’s Season 6 episode “Stage Five” when Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt, 70) goes into shock as Gerry Torciano (John Bianco) is shot dead in point blank at a table – similar to Tony’s theoretical theory comes out at Holsten.

“What’s scary is that I didn’t know what happened before the shot,” Dante said later.

Further evidence to support Taylor’s claim is that the mystery man (Paolo Colandrea), who is credited as “Man in Members Only Jacket”, is a likely callback to “Member’s Only” from season 6 when Tony is shot down by Junior Soprano (Dominic Chianese, 90).

If the guy from Members Only had a gun stuck in the bathroom, that would also reflect Tony’s favorite scene in “The Godfather,” when Michael Corleone avenges his father’s assassination attempts.

Contrary to Taylor’s claims, Federico Castelluccio, 57, who brought the role of luscious-haired loyal soldier Furio Giunta to life, told the Post he hasn’t stopped believing the boss is alive.

“Yes, absolutely… Because you don’t hear any gunshots – you don’t hear anything,” Castelluccio said in Brooklyn’s Anthony & Son Panini Shoppe as a “sangwheech” named for his character was unveiled.

His argument comes from the continuity of the shot creator and director David Chase used in the final scene, showing Tony’s point of view every time someone walked into the restaurant – the last would be his daughter, Meadow Soprano (Jamie -Lynn Sigler, 40) who’s supposed to come off the screen.

“If that was Tony Soprano’s take on his incoming daughter and it turned black, then you’d think he got hit,” he said, meaning the visual absence de Meadow is the clue that Tony peacefully finished the best onion rings in Jersey.

“Do you remember the song? “Don’t stop believing,” then you have to believe that they are going on and living their lives as usual, ”Castelluccio said, advancing the theory that Chase actually hit the audience instead of Tony.

The creator – who has been very low-key about the ending – recently revealed that “Don’t Stop Believin ‘” was actually chosen because the crew looked down on him.

“Oh, Jesus Christ, no. Do not do that ! Ugh. F – – k, “the crew shouted at Chase at the idea of ​​Journey, he said on the” WTF With Marc Maron “podcast.

“And I said, ‘Well, that’s it. It’s this one.'”

Taylor also told NME that Falco filmed a scene for the “Many Saints” intro, but was later cast out of production on the film.