In the new HBO documentary “Wise Guy David Chase and The Sopranos,” Drea de Matteo said she thought the show was about singing.
It was the wrong kind of Soprano.
In the new HBO documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos,” Drea de Matteo, star of “The Sopranos,” said that she misunderstood what the hit mafia series was about when she first auditioned.
Now on HBO (and Max), the documentary sees de Matteo, 52, say onscreen, “I didn’t know that [the show] had anything to do with being Italian. I thought it was about opera singers.”
The Emmy-winning HBO series aired for six seasons from 1999 to 2007, following mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), his family, and his various associates such as Christopher (Michael Imperioli) and his girlfriend, Adriana.
Fellow “The Sopranos” star Jamie-Lynn Sigler has shared the same sentiment.
On a 2024 episode of of the podcast “Life Is Short with Justin Long,” Sigler, 43, said that she thought her audition to play Tony Soprano’s teen daughter, Meadow, was for a show about singers.
