'Sopranos' Star Recalls James Gandolfini's Reaction To Finale: 'I'll Tell You The Truth'
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Lorraine Bracco, who played Dr. Jennifer Melfi and shared most of her scenes with the late actor, described watching the ambiguous finale with him.
“Sopranos” star Lorraine Bracco has been clear that she wasn’t pleased with the show’s 2007 finale — and recently described how her co-star James Gandolfini reacted to it.
On Tuesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show,” host Jimmy Fallon asked Bracco to confirm that she “didn’t love” the ending.
“I’ll tell you the truth,” she said. “I was sitting next to Jimmy Gandolfini, and he just went like this: ‘That’s it? That’s it?’ And you know how he always used to push his hair back, and he just walked out. ... He couldn’t believe it. I said, ‘Yeah, I guess that’s it.’”
The crime drama created by David Chase premiered in 1999 and quickly became an HBO flagship. It heralded an era of so-called “prestige TV” on cable.
The ambiguous finale disappointed legions of fans, however, who demanded to know if fictional mob boss Tony Soprano (Gandolfini) would be killed by his enemies.
