How The Sopranos began as a comedy about a mother
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How The Sopranos began as a comedy about a mother

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How The Sopranos began as a comedy about a mother Twenty-five years ago this week, the groundbreaking crime drama premiered on HBO in the US. So The Sopranos writer and producer David Chase told the BBC's Mark Lawson about the unlikely inspiration behind his groundbreaking crime drama in an extended 2006 interview. Although his mother, unlike Tony's mum Livia, never went as far as to take out a contract on him, she was prone to violent mood swings throughout his childhood and he often felt scared. Key to the drama's first two seasons was Livia, played by Nancy Marchand, whose resemblance to Chase's own mother was confirmed by the rest of his family.

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