It appears NBC made James Gandolfini an offer he could refuse, thanks to a hefty HBO payout.
as its guest. “You know, they talked about having Gandolfini at one point replace him [Carell]—did you know that?” Imperioli, who played Tony Soprano’s nephew, asked. “I think beforeand after Carell, they offered Jim [Gandolfini], I want to say, $4 million to play him for the season—and HBO paid him $3 million not to do it,” Schirripa replied, adding, “That’s a fact.
”had been off the air for about four years when Gandolfini was offered his TV follow-up. “Jim was going do it because he hadn’t worked, and it was a number of years removed from when the show ended,” Schirripa, who played Tony’s brother-in-law, explained.pure?” Gervais asked. “I guess that, and also he had a deal with them,” Schirripa said, referring to Gandolfini’s work on HBO’s miniseries
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