“You are doing a very good job but know one thing …”: Twenty years ago, the Soprano star received a phone call from the mafia

Mafia organizations often had ambivalent feelings about their representation on the screen, small or large. For example, we know that they were quite furious with a portrait of Martin Scorsese, which was released in his masterpiece.

Until some of its members were part of the casting, such as Louis Eppolito, who depicts Andy Gross Lard, which we find when the scorpion camera offers, with Ray Liota’s voting, local mafia.

It turns out that Louis Eppolito was an authentic police officer Ripu, who still collected envelopes for the police at a time when he appeared in the film; The moment of his glory. He also worked in the family of Luches and Gambino. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for several murders in 2009, he died in Arizona at the Tuson Medical Center, in 2019.

The mafia did not appreciate the godfather of Francis Ford Coppola, to shoot in New York and Even to set some requirements. Even Marlon Brando was retained by phone Russell BuffalinoWhich was the godfather of the family of the North -Eastern Pennsylvania crime. On the national team, the actor shook the patron, who also shot the actor in the film; Some Lenny Montana, who was a member of the Colombo family …

Anonymous phone call

It is on this already loaded ground that this anecdote becomes the sensational series of The Soprano, which is unforgettable and regrets James Jandolphin. In the six seasons and 86 episodes, this cult series was able to relate to the fully studied realism, the distribution of the dynasty of this crime and the disaster itself in depth, with a charming lightness. This obviously does not mean that all the details of the series are absolute faithful.

Was invited to the show in 2021 Late Night with Seth MeyersMichael Imperiol, who was playing Christopher Moltianant and Steve Shirripa, who was playing Bobby’s Bachala Bachalier, handed over anecdotes to the deceased friend and showed them beyond the scenes of the series. Imperioli then tells us the moment when the mafia completely called the phone call to Gandolphin …

“Gandolphin received a call in the middle of the night. An anonymous call. You are doing a very good job, but you know one thing: Godfather never wears shorts. “And he’s hung up.” After that, Tony soprano began to wear long pants.

Fun, if we dare to see that the mafia was convincingly watching this unforgettable series that marked the history of a small screen.