Oh brother, just as we thought it was all said and done. You thought you and other viewers had no clue what was going on in the Sopranos finale? Well, cast members spoke to the Daily News today, including star, James Gandolfini and he said he had “no idea what happened to Tony,” after the show cut to black for the last time.
“You have to ask (“The Sopranos” creator) David Chase that. Smarter minds than mine know the answer to that,” Gandolfini said. “I thought it was a great ending. You decide.”
Others in the cast echoed the sentiments of being, err… totally in the dark., but defended the ambiguous ending.
“I have no idea why I had so much trouble parallel parking at the end,” said Jamie-Lynn Sigler, aka Meadow Soprano. “It was on the page, and like always, I played what was written. But I loved the ending. I can’t think of a single better way to have ended this show.”Paulie Walnuts thought people were fucked for questioning how the episode ended. “”I thought the ending was outstanding. We got Phil Leotardo. We went back to our lives,” he said. “What do people want? More blood? A whole family whacked? I like that David Chase let the viewers decide.”Aida Turturro on the other hand (Janice) speculated about the conversation that Tony and Bobby had earlier in the season about getting killed, how you never see it and how life quickly just goes to black.”A conventional ending would have been a fraud,” said Stevie Van Zandt (Silvio Dante). “Life doesn’t have tidy little endings. Even some great songs just fade out like the last episode of ‘The Sopranos.’No Alternate Endings?
He also quashed the idea that multiple endings were shot (despite the FBI actor and stripper who claim otherwise). “It’s also a lie that we shot three or four endings. David Chase, who wrote and directed the last episode, did one ending. He knew what he wanted, and it was great. Like the show.”Shut-up already Gandolfini said in the end. “The ending was exactly what it should have been,” he said. “Don’t look at me, I don’t have an answer. All I know is that it’s over.”More Sopranoisms
– Meanwhile, the rocket scientists over at Inside Edition are still treating that final scene like it’s the Zapruder footage.
– Vulture has a cute, citrus-flavored, theory that eventually goes nowhere and ultimately just reminds us that Francis Ford Coppola liked oranges.
– And finally, the faction of online conspiracy theorists that believe Tony is dead have started a website, creatively called, “Tony Is Dead.”
