Most recently, the sad news came to everyone that the biography of James Gandolfini was prematurely completed. And forever. And what ended the biography of his main character, we can only guess. Continuation of the film "Clan Soprano" will not.
Back to the beginning
The biography of James Gandolfini did not begin completely cloudless, and the path to success was a long one. James has a lot in common with his main character. He also comes from a family of Americans with Italian roots and considers Italian as his native language. As well as traditional Catholic faith and way of life with a commitment to family ideals and patriarchal values. James Gandolfini in his youth overcame many things and managed to get a good education at Rutgers University. He did not immediately stop at the career of an artist, but this choice was quite conscious as a generalization of his life experience.
The biography of James Gandolfini in the well-known profession began quite late in 1992. He made his debut on the stage of the New York Theater and in subsequent years starred in a number of significant films, such as "The Speed of Fall", "Lonely Hearts", "The entire Royal Army". His acting work attracted attention due to the temperament of the actor and a peculiar bright "Italian-American" texture. But his finest hour came a little later.
"Clan Soprano"
The biography of James Gandolfini as an actor is crowned with such a phenomenal role as Anthony Soprano. The position of the head of an influential mafia family from New Jersey earned James worldwide fame and recognition of his unconditional talent. He put a lot of his strength and talent into this role and awarded his main character with many features of his own personality, temperament and human charm. And naturally, this role would have been simply impossible without excellent knowledge of the environment from which the actor emerged into a “big” life. Many people know her from the previous epoch-making work from the life of the Italian-American mafia, from the film The Godfather of Francis Ford Coppola. The film "The Sopranos" shows the life of the Italo-Americans of New York at the beginning of the third millennium, and the image of the actor turned out to be more than vivid.
Both the series as a whole and the image of the protagonist caused a very lively public debate on the subject of the consistency of the Italian-American part of society seen in the film in real life. And many tend to believe that in reality everything is as it is in the film. The principle of the Stanislavsky system worked - "I believe." Such a convincing actor was James Gandolfini. His filmography includes a total of more than fifty acting works. But the viewer will forever be remembered for his main role - the charming and creepy Tony Soprano. This image baffles many because it is not easy to figure out what is more in it - light or darkness.
End of biography
James Gandolfini died on June 19, 2013 from a sudden cardiac arrest. It happened in Italy. Many of the creative plans of the famous actor and producer have remained unrealized. But what he managed to do in the cinema is enough to be remembered for a long time.