Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed TV shows in recent memory, but he doesn’t think they’re the best of all time.
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The Sopranos he found the “most brutal” and “difficult” to shoot.The actor, who played Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO series, recalled filming his death scene at the hands of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) in the show’s final season.“That wasn’t really brutal at all, I’ll be honest with you,” Imperioli told the Guardian. “When we shot it, it wasn’t my last day either because we shot out of sequence.”The actor went onto explain that the scenes where his character had to be physically abusive to Adriana (Drea de Matteo) were the most challenging.“The most brutal, difficult stuff for me is when Christopher had to be physically abusive with Adriana, for obvious reasons,” he added.“On a technical level, you’re trying to be really careful so you don’t hurt the person. But having to get to that point of violence towards a woman, you have to go to some nasty places to get there.
Sometimes it’s very immediate. Sometimes it’s something present in your life that you can tap into. Sometimes you have to go someplace from the past.
And sometimes you have to go to someplace imaginary.“It’s much easier shooting a mobster or shooting heroin. That stuff to me is not difficult. But that stuff with her was.
Sometimes you’ll use stunt doubles, sometimes not. And even then, it’s one thing to choreograph and rehearse it, then when you act it full-tilt with all the emotion, it’s easy to not have as much control as in the rehearsal. So you really have to be quite careful.”Speaking to Vulture in 2021, de Matteo said her co-star Imperioli struggled with the violent scenes between them.“He had a hard time with a lot of the violence that season,” de Matteo said.
Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed TV shows in recent memory, but he doesn’t think they’re the best of all time.
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announced on social media late Wednesday. Chris-ta-fah would certainly be jealous.De Matteo’s page, available for a monthly $15, simply says “THE SOPRANOS” beneath a steamy close-up of just the actress’ cleavage popping through a star-spangled bikini top.Her profile photo shows the mob heartthrob completely nude in thigh-high heeled boots, smoking a cigarette bedside with another woman, who is sporting skimpy black underwear partially out of frame.The Post has reached out to de Matteo for comment.Throughout her five seasons on the acclaimed New Jersey mafia drama, de Matteo’s stunning looks were often their own subplot of the show.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Michael Imperioli was recently asked by The Guardian to name the most brutal scene he’s ever had to film in his acting career, and his answer was any time his character on “The Sopranos,” Christopher Moltisanti, abused his fiancée, Adriana La Cerva (Drea de Matteo). “The most brutal, difficult stuff for me is when Christopher had to be physically abusive with Adriana, for obvious reasons,” Imperioli said. “On a technical level, you’re trying to be really careful so you don’t hurt the person.
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