Michael Gandolfini only wants to play young Tony Soprano

With The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark almost here, fans wondered if there was a possibility for more new Soprano projects. Film director Alan Taylor and series creator David Chase have both said they are open to expanding Tony Soprano’s story, and Michael Gandolfini has also spoken about wanting to play his late father’s iconic character again. . But in a new interview with UproxxGandolfini explains that he wasn’t interested in playing Tony until his teens and early twenties.

“I’m not that interested in playing Tony, 30,” he says. “I think if there’s an interesting part after this movie, before the show, we can explore something about Tony that wasn’t explored, in his youth, in his twenties. Afterwards, we get a little too old.

That’s understandable, considering Tony in his 30s is too close to Tony’s age. The Sopranos. While it helps that Gandolfini is James’ son, it doesn’t mean that he will grow up to look like a heartbreaking image of his father. As Gandolfini explains: “My dad really explored and David explored everything about it. So is there a time limit for other films? No, not so much. But the older I get, there’s a cutoff where it naturally comes into the show. “

Looks like Chase wants to stay in young Tony’s world for a bit longer, without speeding up into adulthood. In a recent interview with Deadline, he said he is consider writing a sequel “with Tony in his twenties” which would show what happens after the events of The Many Saints of Newark. “It would be interesting to do, and there are already a lot of stories that already exist because of mythology, and working with [Sopranos writer and executive producer] Terry [Winter] would be great, ”he said. “Him and me in this world again, I think we would have a good time. I wouldn’t do it alone, and I wouldn’t do it with anyone else. If Warners wanted it, they got it, they can do whatever they want. “