Stepping into the shoes of one of the most iconic TV characters of all time would be a daunting feat for any actor. Yet, that's what Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini, is doing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查𝓡询:in The Sopranos prequel The Ma📖ny Saints of Newark. 

The 21-year-old actor will portray a young Tony Soprano in the movie and has now, for the first time, ope🦩ned up about how he's preparing to portray the New Jersey mob boss previously played by his father.

While The Sopranos may be a go-to boxset f🐠or many, for Mic🏅hael, he watched the show for the first time to get to grips with the character.

"It was really hard to watch my dad," Michael admitted in an interview with . "I recorded four hours of his mon🐽ologues with [Dr] Melfi and walked around New York with them constantly, constantly, constantly playing in my ear."

Michael, who then binged every episode across six weeks (big mood), has even teased the slight differences between his portrayal 🏅of Tony Soprano and h🌜is father's.

"It’s an origin story through the eyes of Dickie Moltisanti, Christopher’s father. The Tony Soprano we know has this beautiful vulnerability underneath and this rough exterior, but what if we flip that on its side and you watch a creative, hopeful, kin𝓡d, curious kid get whittled down and formed into what he has to be?" Michael offered.

The Many Saints of Newark is set to release simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max on September 24, 2021. Catch up on the year ahead with our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:movie release dates guide.