And I did.”Ĭhase continued, “The important thing is, he didn’t like that word. “He asked me to take the word ‘bully’ out of there. “Another character was talking about Paulie, and they said he was a bully. And I did it,” Chase told Vulture after Sirico’s passing. “He was the only one who ever asked me to have a line changed. Turns out, Chase’s original dialogue referencing Sirico’s character Paulie used a term that was offensive to the star. “Sopranos” creator David Chase also recently revealed that Sirico was the only actor to ever convince him to change a script. The “Sopranos” alum added, “No matter how old you are, you see somebody that has like black hair here, and silver hair on the sides - and just the way he always had a handkerchief in his pocket - you go like, this dude will fuck you up.” Like I was 13 years old and I was like, ‘Oh, this kid thinks he’s gonna mouth off to me? I’ll have Tony Sirico come down.'” Iler continued, “Once we did the second or third episode, Tony Sirico just came over to me and said, ‘Hey, uh, if anyone ever…bothers you, or anybody says anything, you tell Uncle Tony, okay?’ And that’s how I felt in fucking school too. “People always say to me, ‘Did anything happen like that on your set?’ And I’m like, you think Tony Sirico was standing around, if there were people eyeing me the wrong way, like ‘Oh, Rob looks really cute today,’ Tony Sirico is just gonna stand there and not do anything?” “When all the molesting stuff gets talked about,” Iler explained. 'The Lord of the Rings': Everything You Need to Know About Amazon's Big Money Adaptation Tony Sirico, Beloved 'Sopranos' Star Forever Known as Paulie Walnuts, Dead at 79Īll the Details on 'Hunger Games' Prequel 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'
David Chase Says Tony Sirico Was the Only 'Sopranos' Actor to Successfully Demand Dialogue Be Changed