“The Sopranos” actors Steve Schirripa and Michael Imperioli recently stopped by the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and revealed that James Gandolfini once threatened to beat the hell out of Harvey Weinstein.
Gandolfini passed away in 2013 but one of his final few roles was in the Brad Pitt-led crime drama “Killing Them Softly”. Gandolfini was famously staunchly opposed to doing talk show interviews throughout his career, making an exception once for “60 Minutes”.
Weinstein however was unable to respect the actor’s wishes and Gandolfini aired his frustrations with Schirripa and others. Schirripa says:
“[Gandolfini] said, ‘Harvey Weinstein keeps calling, he wants me to do Letterman and I said no,’ and he got f–king nasty with Jim. And Jim said, ‘I will beat the f–k out of Harvey Weinstein! He f–king calls me again, I will beat the f–k out of him! For the money he paid me, I’m not f–king doing it!’ Swear to God. And this is before all the Harvey Weinstein s–t when he was still king s–t.”
Gandolfini’s last role was in the Tom Hardy-led “The Drop” in 2014. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison this past February.
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience
