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James Gandolfini Visits Brooklyn

Aired November 04, 2002 - 05:45   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: When James Gandolfini visited an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, he was treated like, well, a god, maybe like a godfather, perhaps. You may know him better as Tony Soprano.
Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When Tony Soprano is the draw, how can you resist calling it a mob scene?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're lining up for Tony tonight.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's what we're doing.

MOOS: Lining up in the rain.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're taking a picture of me like this?

MOOS: Clutching pictures of Tony.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I had this hanging in my house.

MOOS: Well now the real thing was hanging around a Brooklyn restaurant sounding just like his character.

JAMES GANDOLFINI, ACTOR, "TONY SOPRANO": You guys got something to do? How you doing, guys?

MOOS: The 28-seat restaurant called Soup As Art belongs to Joe Gannascoli. Joe who?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's the guy who whacked Jackie, Junior.

MOOS: On the show.

(on camera): You're not going to get whacked, are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're trying to get me whacked, right, if I sing?

MOOS: Yes, well, no,

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I might get whacked by this car. MOOS: Yes, exactly.

(voice-over): As a favor to his fellow actor, James Gandolfini came to Joe's restaurant to sign autographs.

GANDOLFINI: What is Bagdolof (ph)?

BAGDOLOF (ph): That's my name.

GANDOLFINI: Oh! Oh!

MOOS: Gandolfini is a sweetheart to his fans but almost never speaks to the press.

GANDOLFINI: I've got nothing to say.

MOOS (on camera): Is that really it?

GANDOLFINI: Yes.

MOOS: To keep the mystery a bit and all that?

GANDOLFINI: No, I'm boring.

MOOS (voice-over): Tell that to a fan so fanatic he can recite dialog from the show word for word.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At night I put Brut in one of my socks so I wake up, I smell like your mother. Here.

MOOS: Most of these folks are Italian and they relate to "The Sopranos."

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Some of the dialog I remember my father using the same, you know, excerpts, and all those naked girls at the Botta Bing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Botta Bing.

(LAUGHTER)

MOOS (on camera): Well who are you?

SOPRANO SUE, SOPRANOSUE.COM: I'm Soprano Sue.

MOOS (voice-over): She takes photos of "The Sopranos" stars and puts them on your Web site, SopranoSue.com, and she's not even Italian.

SUE: I'm Dutch. You're not much if you're not Dutch.

MOOS: The winner of a look-a-like contest was on hand doing Tony impressions.

DONALD "THE DON" METZGER (ph): You know like this, you know, you know, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) don't tell me that crap. MOOS: Donald "The Don" Metzger got his picture taken with Tony.

The funny thing about Gandolfini is that he feels exactly like Tony.

(on camera): You seem like you in person.

(voice-over): No wonder he hates talking to the press.

(on camera): Are you in character now or is this the way you are?

GANDOLFINI: No, this is me. This is me.

MOOS: Yes.

GANDOLFINI: See, I told you, it's boring.

MOOS (voice-over): Joe's dad doesn't watch his own son in "The Sopranos." He thinks the series makes Italians look bad.

(on camera): But you don't think people separate that it's a show? I mean you don't want to watch a show about nice things.

JAMES GANDOLFINI'S FATHER: Yes, right, right, right. I understand cutting edge and all of that bologna and I understand that, but not too much.

MOOS (voice-over): We wondered who folks figured would be next to get whacked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well if Furio starts messing with Carmela, he's going to get whacked real quick.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Paulie Walnuts should be whacked.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think Ralph. Oh!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ralph was ...

MOOS: If we don't watch it, we'll get whacked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What, you know, just turn the frickin' (ph) camera off already.

GANDOLFINI: That's enough. That's enough.

MOOS: Right boss.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, Brooklyn, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired November 4, 2002 - 05:45   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: When James Gandolfini visited an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, he was treated like, well, a god, maybe like a godfather, perhaps. You may know him better as Tony Soprano.
Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When Tony Soprano is the draw, how can you resist calling it a mob scene?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're lining up for Tony tonight.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's what we're doing.

MOOS: Lining up in the rain.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're taking a picture of me like this?

MOOS: Clutching pictures of Tony.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I had this hanging in my house.

MOOS: Well now the real thing was hanging around a Brooklyn restaurant sounding just like his character.

JAMES GANDOLFINI, ACTOR, "TONY SOPRANO": You guys got something to do? How you doing, guys?

MOOS: The 28-seat restaurant called Soup As Art belongs to Joe Gannascoli. Joe who?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's the guy who whacked Jackie, Junior.

MOOS: On the show.

(on camera): You're not going to get whacked, are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're trying to get me whacked, right, if I sing?

MOOS: Yes, well, no,

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I might get whacked by this car. MOOS: Yes, exactly.

(voice-over): As a favor to his fellow actor, James Gandolfini came to Joe's restaurant to sign autographs.

GANDOLFINI: What is Bagdolof (ph)?

BAGDOLOF (ph): That's my name.

GANDOLFINI: Oh! Oh!

MOOS: Gandolfini is a sweetheart to his fans but almost never speaks to the press.

GANDOLFINI: I've got nothing to say.

MOOS (on camera): Is that really it?

GANDOLFINI: Yes.

MOOS: To keep the mystery a bit and all that?

GANDOLFINI: No, I'm boring.

MOOS (voice-over): Tell that to a fan so fanatic he can recite dialog from the show word for word.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At night I put Brut in one of my socks so I wake up, I smell like your mother. Here.

MOOS: Most of these folks are Italian and they relate to "The Sopranos."

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Some of the dialog I remember my father using the same, you know, excerpts, and all those naked girls at the Botta Bing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Botta Bing.

(LAUGHTER)

MOOS (on camera): Well who are you?

SOPRANO SUE, SOPRANOSUE.COM: I'm Soprano Sue.

MOOS (voice-over): She takes photos of "The Sopranos" stars and puts them on your Web site, SopranoSue.com, and she's not even Italian.

SUE: I'm Dutch. You're not much if you're not Dutch.

MOOS: The winner of a look-a-like contest was on hand doing Tony impressions.

DONALD "THE DON" METZGER (ph): You know like this, you know, you know, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) don't tell me that crap. MOOS: Donald "The Don" Metzger got his picture taken with Tony.

The funny thing about Gandolfini is that he feels exactly like Tony.

(on camera): You seem like you in person.

(voice-over): No wonder he hates talking to the press.

(on camera): Are you in character now or is this the way you are?

GANDOLFINI: No, this is me. This is me.

MOOS: Yes.

GANDOLFINI: See, I told you, it's boring.

MOOS (voice-over): Joe's dad doesn't watch his own son in "The Sopranos." He thinks the series makes Italians look bad.

(on camera): But you don't think people separate that it's a show? I mean you don't want to watch a show about nice things.

JAMES GANDOLFINI'S FATHER: Yes, right, right, right. I understand cutting edge and all of that bologna and I understand that, but not too much.

MOOS (voice-over): We wondered who folks figured would be next to get whacked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well if Furio starts messing with Carmela, he's going to get whacked real quick.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Paulie Walnuts should be whacked.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think Ralph. Oh!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ralph was ...

MOOS: If we don't watch it, we'll get whacked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What, you know, just turn the frickin' (ph) camera off already.

GANDOLFINI: That's enough. That's enough.

MOOS: Right boss.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, Brooklyn, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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