Biography of James Gandolfini completed

Most recently, it was sad news that the biography of James Gandolfini was prematurely completed. And forever. And the biography of his protagonist ended, we can only guess. The sequel to the movie "The Sopranos" will not be.

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James Gandolfini's biography did not start at all, and the path to success was long. James has a lot in common with his main character. It just happens from a family of Americans with Italian roots and the mother tongue considers it Italian. As well as traditional Catholic faith and way of life with a commitment to family ideals and patriarchal values. James Gandolfini in his youth overcame many things and managed to get a good education at Rutgers University. He did not immediately stop at the artist's career, but this choice was quite conscious as a generalization of the life experience gained.

The biography of James Gandolfini in the well-known profession began quite late, in 1992. He made his debut on the stage of the New York Theater and in the following years starred in a number of significant films, such as "The Speed of the Fall," "Lonely Hearts," "All the King's Men." His acting work attracted attention due to the temperament of the actor and a kind of bright "Italian-American" texture. But his stellar hour came a little later.

"The Sopranos"

The biography of James Gandolfini as an actor is crowned with such a phenomenal role as Anthony Soprano. The role of the head of an influential mafia family from New Jersey earned James world fame and recognition of his unconditional talent. He invested a lot of his strength and talent in this role and rewarded his protagonist with many features of his personality, temperament and human charisma. And it is natural that this role would be simply impossible without the magnificent knowledge of the environment from which the actor entered the "big" life. She is known to many by the previous epic work from the life of the Italian-American mafia, in the film "Godfather" by Francis Ford Coppola. The tape "The Sopranos" shows the life of the Italo-Americans in New York at the beginning of the third millennium, and the actor's image was more than vivid.

Both the series as a whole and the image of the protagonist aroused a very lively public discussion about the correspondence of what was seen in the film of the real life of the Italian-American part of society. And many are inclined to think that in reality everything is as it is, as in the film. The principle of Stanislavsky's system "I believe" worked. So convincing actor was James Gandolfini. His filmography totals in total more than fifty actor's works. But the audience he will always remember in his main role - charming and eerie Tony Soprano. To many, this image confounds, because it is not easy to understand what is more in it - light or darkness.

End of biography

James Gandolfini died on June 19, 2013 from a sudden cardiac arrest. It happened in Italy. Many of the creative plans of the famous actor and producer remained unrealized. But what he managed to do in the movies is enough to be remembered for a long time.