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6/30/2025, 4:57:26 AM
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A recently released book by an HBO executive sort of sheds light on this, the bad blood over that incident resulted in Tony Sirico not wanting to film scenes with Michael anymore... David Chase knew he wanted Paulie alive to the end of the show, so it was easier to kill Chrissy off quick (as was planned for the second half of S06 anyway) than argue and renegotiate contracts with either actor. Tony's dramaqueen shit on set often gets overlooked by Steve Schirripa's blustering or Furio getting clumsily written off, but he was by far the most finicky regular to work with over the course of the show. They bent over backwards for ol' Walnuts and the separately-catered meals he insisted on. I suppose sheer acclaim for the role vindicated him to some extent in the end, not to speak ill of a dead man. Not unlike Gandolfini himself.
A recently released book by an HBO executive sort of sheds light on this, the bad blood over that incident resulted in Tony Sirico not wanting to film scenes with Michael anymore... David Chase knew he wanted Paulie alive to the end of the show, so it was easier to kill Chrissy off quick (as was planned for the second half of S06 anyway) than argue and renegotiate contracts with either actor. Tony's dramaqueen shit on set often gets overlooked by Steve Schirripa's blustering or Furio getting clumsily written off, but he was by far the most finicky regular to work with over the course of the show. They bent over backwards for ol' Walnuts and the separately-catered meals he insisted on. I suppose sheer acclaim for the role vindicated him to some extent in the end, not to speak ill of a dead man. Not unlike Gandolfini himself.
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