When the Sopranos were young: How Tony, Paulie, Junior and Livia make their long-awaited return to screens as their younger selves in prequel film The Many Saints of Newark

DailyMail.co.uk ^ | July 1, 2021 | Rebecca Lawrence

[Albion Wilde]

The Many Saints of Newark is set nearly 40 years before The Sopranos series and tracks the rise of Tony Soprano from troubled teen to powerful mob boss...

Now, as the first trailer for the prequel has finally dropped, MailOnline takes a look at who has will be playing the younger versions of the original cast members.

TONY SOPRANO: Played in the series by James Gandolfini and played in the prequel by [his son] Michael Gandolfini...

[Intolerant in NJ]

Difficult to imagine how anything could top the original series - the episode wherein the crew attempts an intervention with Christopher because of his drug use and ends up beating him and sending him to the ER is still about the funniest thing i can remember seeing on TV........

[Albion Wilde]

If there is any justice in this world, someone will be teaching The Sopranos in film schools for at least the next hundred years.

[Albion Wilde]

the episode wherein the crew attempts an intervention with Christopher because of his drug use and ends up beating him and sending him to the ER is still about the funniest thing i can remember seeing on TV........

This was one of my facepalm moments—almost fell off my chair laughing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUAaFavh8sA