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we'll talk with michael gandolfini and jon bernthal.ng, that one thing, viewers are heading into the seedy underworld of the >>> welcome back you hear that? just hearing that song, that one thing, viewers are heading into the seedy underworld of the "sopranos. >> indeed, they are. and now, a new film. >> we have it memorialized take it away "the many saints of newark" stars jon bernthal .michael gandolfini let's take a look at a clip. shall we >> good idea >> oh, that was a gig. >> you take him. i don't want any part none of it i don't want any part of this. >> what is this? what is this >> what this what this. >> well done welcome, welcome >> okay. this is so exciting, savannah and i were just saying al of people would like to be sitting in our shoes talking to you guys michael, is it true, initially you were thinking to yourself, you know what? i don't know that i want to audition for that. i don't want to do that. >> yeah. when the audition first came around, you know, i had never seen the show. i had never really -- any involvement.

so, michael gandolfini, son ofjames, plays the young tony soprano.newark riots of �*67 being a big part of the plot. and the story essentially finds tony falling under the influence of dickie moltisanti, the surname which means "m any saints" here's a clip. johnny, this is our christopher. laughter hello, christopher moltisanti! it's your uncle johnny! i'm back from england! come here. finally, huh? got myself a son. i hear he's slow with the talking. hi, christopher, hello! 0h, what's the matter? don't cry, it's only me, your uncle tony. 0k, all right, all right. you know, every time you're here, he cries like this. i didn't do anything! look at that! i don't know what it is. it's like i scare him or something. some babies, when they come into the world, know all kindsl of things from the other side. so, you have to ask yourself two questions. firstly, does it work for the fans? secondly, does it work as a stand—alone movie? now, were you a big sopranos fan? never seen it, i'm afraid! i should have done, people say it is the greatest tv show ever ma

>> yeah. ♪ >> reporter: him...is michael gandolfini, james gandolfini's son. >> the first instinct wasa whole other layer of playing my dad's part. >> reporter: but then he did something he had never done before. before your prep for the audition, you had never watched the series? >> that is true, yeah. i had never seen it. and my dad passed, so it was kind of a thing like it's going to be hard. i don't really want to open that up right now. and then i watched the first season before the audition and just fell in love. i was so proud of my dad. >> reporter: he studied his dad's work, especially those therapy scenes. >> this isn't going to work. i can't talk about my personal life. >> hours with a character who has triggers and impulses and a mindset, so it is such a gift. i have hours inside of a3 mind that i'm about to play. >> oh, what's the matter? don't cry. it's only me, uncle tony. i don't know what it is. >> reporter: the gift was enough confidence to give it a go, despite the shadows and footsteps he knew he would confront. did any part of you think, you know what, i'm good, i

i love the way that was changing. >> jimmy: my grandfather, nunzio gain r gabrielo michael gandolfinithe most. i remember walking on a path to the location. and he and his father came along. father saw me, "hello, satan." and kept going. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: was that his loving nickname for you? >> that, and he called all the writers vampires. because we would steal from their -- from the actors' real lives. we never stole anything from him. but we stole a lot from tony sirrico, i guess that's what he was talking about. >> jimmy: interesting. a lot of that show and even scenes from this movie are based, i understand it, on your personal life, on your relationship with your mother? >> yeah, whole show was based on that. >> jimmy: who famously became the model for tony's mother, olivia. and also there's a scene, and again, i hope i'm not revealing too much. there's a scene where young tony soprano is in the office with his guidance counselor. >> right. i was in the guidance counselor's office a lot. but i think what you're referring to is when the guidance counselor talks to his mothe

so, michael gandolfini, son ofjames, plays the young tony soprano.got myself a son. i hear he's slow with the talking. hi, christopher, hello! 0h, what's the matter? don't cry, it's only me, your uncle tony. 0k, all right, all right. you know, every time you're here, he cries like this. i didn't do anything! look at that! i don't know what it is. it's like i scare him or something. some babies, when they come into the world, know all kindsl of things from the other side. so, you have to ask yourself two questions. firstly, does it work for the fans? secondly, does it work as a stand—alone movie? now, were you a big sopranos fan? never seen it, i'm afraid! i should have done, people say it is the greatest tv show ever made. the greatest tv show ever made is the wire. or the film review! not an aficiando, so i have to say, as a stand—alone movie, it feels like it is spending a lot of time getting a lot of pieces in place for stuff which is going to happen later on. it feels very much like an origins film in which, weirdly enough, the origin is actually

an actor and -- and look, i can't tell you how honored i am to be a part of it i think what michael gandolfininored that i get to, you know, walk alongside him. and i think he approached it with courage, and he approached it with, you know, real dedication and, you know, my job there was to, sort of, stand by him, and i believe in this young man, and i think he's going to -- i think people are going to really enjoy what he does >> seth: i also -- i've heard, you know, there are certain things where even i can't get an early copy of it >> oh, no. >> seth: i'm trying. can't get it but i've heard it's really [ bleep ] good is it good >> man, look, to -- to be honest with you, i haven't seen it myself [ laughter ] >> seth: i feel better now i feel better now. >> what i will say is that, you know, look, it's different i think people that are going to go in and expecting "the sopranos," it's not that i think that it was very smart that they set it in the past and that it's a genuine prequel. what you will see as being a real sort of "sopranos" fan, is that, i think that, you know, david chase has th

a great cast and james gandolfini's real-life son michael taking on the role of tony.ephew. >> and to the -- >> anthony got kicked out of school i went through all that trouble. for what >> i'm always being accused. >> got to be good. >> i want to do whatever i can to help the family. ♪ >> pain comes from always wanting things but what do i know i'm a murderer. >> later this month, getting tog on his father's most speak to michael gandolfini live on "today" about taking on his father's most iconic role. >> leslie odom jr. >> yeah. >>> next up, carrie underwood and jason aldean, country music superstars team up for their latest single "if i didn't love you. jason taking the stage at the skirmer horn symphony center here's a little bit. ♪ easy not to miss you, wonder about who's with you ♪ forever i'll want you ♪ if i didn't love you, yeah, yeah ♪ if i didn't love you ♪ oh, if i didn't love you ♪ >> oh, come on stop it. >> a great song. beautiful looking video, you can see there. >> wow. >>> next up, speaking of music, grammy winner rock stars about to go to an event nev

tomorrow as we focus on the sopranos prequel, the many saints of new york starring james gandolfini's son, michael that made his dad a household literall name and how he was welcome d in the soprano way. >> fish in your bed or something like that? >> i don't know. wow. >>> hoda, word on the street is that you have a new podcast, and not only that, it is quickly earning listeners and fans rising to the top of the charts literally. the power of hoda. we talked about the first episode yesterday, which is a winner now we have episode two. tell us about it >> there is a great, great writer, her name is suleika jaouad she got cancer when she was really young she wrote a column in the "new york times" and she went on this journey to visit the people who wrote her letters. and she learned life lessons from them. right now, she's written a book and it's called between two kingdoms it is a best seller. here is a little bit of what suleika had to say >> to be able to kind of tell and talk about the unvarnished truth of what it means to have your life upended, whether by a cancer diagnosis or some other kind