James Gandolfini gave $33K to EACH of his Sopranos cast mates after contract negotiations with HBO

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The late James Gandolfini proved himself to be a generous costar when he paid a total of more than half a million dollars to his cast mates on The Sopranos.In James Andrew Miller's new history of HBO,Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, he reveals that Gandolfini paid out $33,000 each to the main cast members of the acclaimed series following a protracted battle of his contract.The late actor, who died of a heart attack in 2013 at age 51, tried to make up for the threat of a work stoppage due to his increasingly large salary demands, according to the New York Post.

James Gandolfini, who died in 2013 at age 51, wrote a check for $33K to each of his Sopranos costars after waging a fierce contract negotiation battle with HBO.