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Ray Liotta reveals why he passed on role in ‘The Sopranos’

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25.09.2021 - 02:17

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the Guardian that he was approached by the HBO mob drama’s creator David Chase to play a different character.“No! I don’t know where that story came from,” Liotta said about the idea he was offered the role of Tony Soprano. “David once talked to me about playing Ralphie.

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