Sopranos co-star Edie Falco appeared in a presentation to the player to convince him to join the team.Producer Rocco Caruso recalled the idea on docuseries podcast Shattered: Hope, Heartbreak and the New York Knicks, according to the Hollywood Reporter.“They thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if we could somehow start the piece with The Sopranos?’ because it had just more or less ended,” Caruso said. “And I said, ‘I know Edie, … I could send her an email,’ and she said ‘Great.