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James Gandolfini paid $3million by ‘Sopranos’ boss to reject Steve Carrell’s role in ‘The Office’
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nme.comThe Office.The late actor’s Sopranos co-stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa revealed the news during the latest episode of their podcast Talking Sopranos, while joined by Ricky Gervais.Gervais, who created the UK version of The Office on which the US version starring Carell is based, spoke about his admiration for Carell before Imperioli shared the trivia.“You know, they talked about having Gandolfini at one point replace him [Steve Carell], did you know that?” he said.Schirripa added: “I think before James Spader and after [Steve] Carell, they offered Jim, I want to say $4 million dollars to play him for the season and HBO paid him $3 million not to do it.”Gervais shared his approval with HBO’s call, saying: “Well that’s a good.
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