The Sopranos Creator David Chase on Martin Scorsese Disliking Series

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David Chase mentioned filmmaker Martin Scorsese not pondering too extremely of HBO crime drama The Sopranos, and Chase has a principle why.

If David Chase and Martin Scorsese share something in widespread, it is that they love the American crime drama, as indicated by their respective signature works. Nonetheless, apparently, Scorsese does not get the enchantment of the long-lasting Chase-created collection The Sopranos. Chase appeared in The Hollywood Reporter’s It Occurred in Hollywood podcast with filmmaker Alex Gibney, who directed the 2024 documentary, WISE GUY: David Chase and The Sopranos. The creator, who would go on to jot down the Tony Soprano prequel The Many Saints of Newark that starred late The Sopranos star James Gandolfini’s son, Michael Gandolfini, as a youthful incarnation of his signature character, revealed that it wasn’t for essentially the most nuanced of causes. “Marty Scorsese doesn’t like the show. He said, ‘I don’t get it – it’s like all these trees and shit,'” Chase shared.

David Chase Theorizes Why Martin Scorsese Dislikes “The Sopranos”

“Was [Scorsese] really not a fan of The Sopranos? Did he ever go on the record to say that?” host Seth Abramovitch requested Chase. “Yes, he did,” alluding to the 2019 interview Goodfellas director did with Sight & Sound, “I think I only saw one episode … because I can’t identify with that generation of the underworld. They live in New Jersey with the big houses? I don’t get it. They use language – four-letter words – in front of their daughters, at the dinner table? I don’t get that. I just didn’t grow up that way.”

Chase admitted assembly the Oscar Award-winner, however Sorcese’s distaste for The Sopranos did not come up, “I met him briefly, but we’ve never talked about it,” earlier than arising together with his principle, “It’s very simple,” he mentioned. “He grew up in New York in Little Italy, and there is ‘Five Families’ organized crime there. That’s what he depicted. I grew up in New Jersey, and there was branches of suburban New Jersey and there was branches of Five Families organized crime, but they’re different from the ones in New York, a different culture.”

The Sopranos ran from 1999-2007, successful 21 Emmys all through its six-season run, together with awards for stars Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Drea de Matteo, Joe Pantoliano, and extra. You possibly can try the entire episode.

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