James Gandolfini’s son, ‘Sopranos’ cast celebrate 25th anniversary with wild NYC bash
nypost.com“The Sopranos” is hands down one of the most remarkable television series in history.Twenty-five years after the mob crime drama premiered on HBO, the cast and James Gandolfini’s son, Michael, united at an anniversary bash on Wednesday to celebrate the series’ legacy.The party, thrown by Max, was held at Da Nico Ristorante, which renowned “Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli himself has endorsed as one of his favorite Italian restaurants in New York City.A-listers in attendance included Steve Buscemi, Julianna Margulies, Robert Funaro, Al Sapienza, Vincent Pastore, Kathrine Narducci and more.Guests munched on an Italian feast and partied the evening away.Michael, 24, also an actor, stepped out at the anniversary event with his girlfriend Mia Healey.
James died in 2013 at the age of 51 in Rome due to a heart attack. He portrayed the series patriarch Tony, an Italian-American mobster living in New Jersey with his wife and two children, who also suffers from panic attacks.“The Offer” star also played the teenage version of his dad’s character in the 2021 prequel “The Many Saints of Newark.”The film’s star-studded cast included Ray Liotta, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal and Vera Farmiga, who played Tony’s mother.At the time of the film’s debut, he confessed that stepping into his dad’s shoes was hard for him.“[It was] probably the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make,” he told Empire in 2021.“I didn’t want to put pressure on myself to walk out of this feeling like I’d grown in terms of my feelings toward my dad,” Michael added of “Many Saints,” which followed Tony as he enters the mob life in 1960s Newark. “I just wanted to be the best actor I could be, portraying Tony in the way David [Chase] wanted, scene by scene,” Michael.
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