The Sopranos stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa interview: ‘I’m just hopeful they didn’t kill Tony in front of his family’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “He became a household name, and it affected him,” says Steve Schirripa, aka the show’s loyal, lasagne-loving foot soldier Bobby Baccalieri. But if put him in a position where people wanted him to speak to the press or go to events, I doubt he would do it.” Imperioli is speaking from New York, his head bowed and his sunglasses tinted orange, the decor of his apartment – marble busts, golden objets – so ritzy it looks like Christopher’s glamorous girlfriend Adriana was responsible for it. “It seems like there’s no casual fans of The Sopranos,” Imperioli says. “Nobody came from that LA trust fund daddy scene.” open image in gallery Schirripa, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Imperioli, Edie Falco and Gandolfini at a ‘Sopranos’ event in 2006 Imperioli isn’t sure that such a cast would be assembled today.