Chris Diamantopoulos in “The Sopranos”.Photo:HBO
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The StickystarChris Diamantopoulosreceived realThe Sopranostreatment when he guest-starred on the show.
Diamantopoulos chatted with PEOPLE about his new Prime Video series and his career in Hollywood, with more than 120 credits including a guest appearance on the HBO hit seriesThe Sopranos.
The now 49-year-old actor appeared in the final season’s fourth episode, “The Fleshy Part of the Thigh.” He portrayed Jason Barone, an New Jersey native mourning the loss of his father, who was secretly working with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri (Tony Sirico). Unaware of his father’s mafia ties, he disobeys family friend Tony’s request and is quickly met with the consequences: a beating from Paulie.
Diamantopoulos shared his memories of working with the late actors and the impressions they left on him.Gandolfini died in June 2013at age 51.Sirico died in July 2022; he was 79.
“Sirico had two pipes, a lead pipe and a rubber pipe, one to use when the camera was on me, and one to use when the camera was on him,” he says. “Which one do you think he used on me the first time?”
Tony Sirico and Chris Diamantopoulos in “The Sopranos.".HBO
Diamantopoulos, also known for his work inThe OfficeandSilicon Valley, was thrilled to film alongside Gandolfini.
“I remember doing a scene with him where he was in the hospital. His character had to have stabbing pains in his abdomen,” Diamantopoulos says.
“I remember him outside on a break, looking for a particular stone. He wanted to find a jagged rock, and he hid it under his hospital gown and had his arm over it so that when it called for the character to be in pain.” Diamantopoulos notes that Gandolfini “pushed his arm down and the rock dug into his gut, and it gave him a chance to react to it.”
“I thought that was really a practical effect,” he says. “A really neat thing to see.”
Chris Diamantopoulos and Tony Sirico in “The Sopranos.".HBO
Chris Diamantopoulos in “The Sticky.".Jan Thijs
Jan Thijs
Diamantopoulos stars as mob “errand boy” Mike, who teams up withMargo Martindale’s maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry and Guillaume Cyr as security guard Remy Bouchard to pull a multi-million dollar heist on Quebec’s maple syrup surplus.
“I enjoyed finding the cracks in the character, then shattering them and exposing underneath what was really there — this frightened, insecure, broken loser of a man,” he says.
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The Stickyseason 1 is available to stream on Prime Video.
source: people.com
