– David Chase speaks. The series creator has been vacationing in France because he wanted to get away from all the “Monday morning quarterbacking,” but the Jersey-loyalist granted one interview to the Star Ledger of Newark. So will Chase explain himself? Not a chance. “I have no interest in explaining, defending, reinterpreting, or adding to what is there,” the 61-year-old said. “People get the impression that you’re trying to [mess] with them, and it’s not true. You’re trying to entertain them. Anybody who wants to watch it, it’s all there.”
And as for all that movie talk? Like we said, don’t hold your breath. “I don’t think about [a movie] much,” he told the paper. “I never say never. An idea could pop into my head where I would go, ‘Wow, that would make a great movie,’ but I doubt it.”
He reiterated that he’s already accomplished everything he set out to do with the series. “I’m not being coy. If something appeared that really made a good ‘Sopranos’ movie and you could invest in it and everybody else wanted to do it, I would do it. But I think we’ve kind of said it and done it.” [AP]
Update:- The same Star Ledger of Newark piece has a few more items of note. Despite Chase telling EW he had the finale worked out four years ago, this story says, the 21-month hiatus between Seasons Five and Six was when he took the time to conceive an ending. HBO chairman Chris Albrecht came to him after Season Five and suggested thinking up a conclusion to the series; Chase agreed, on the condition that he get ‘a long break’ to decide on an ending.” The ending was supposed to occur last year, but then they were given more episodes and spread certain story elements out. “If this had been one season, the Vito storyline would not have been so important,” Chase said. [Star Ledger]
– When Chase finished the final episode and left for France, he told HBO executives that he would not be taking any calls regarding the ending of the series. He also instructed his writers to turn down any requests for information about the decisions that had gone into shaping the show’s last chapter. [New York Times]
– The members of Journey were apparently “jumping up and down” with joy at the inclusion of their hit single in the Sopranos finale. Hell, think of all the residuals that will take them through retirement. [AP]
-Meanwhile, the members only jacket shady dude (Paolo Colandrea), admits he know more than he originally let on. Did he know whether his character was supposed to kill Tony or not? “I do have an idea, but I cannot really talk,” Colandrea told the AP on Monday. “I have papers signed that I can’t make any comments on that.” [AP]
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