I think hes brilliant.

I have one concern, and that is, Is he threatening enough?

Sanders quickly shut down that thinking.

James Gandolfini stands in front of a pool with his arms crossed in ‘The Sopranos’.

James Gandolfini in ‘The Sopranos’Anthony Neste/Getty Images

But hes threatening enough.

This is your guy, she explained.

Casting directors Georgianne Walken and Sheila Jaffe recalled Gandolfini was really our favorite idea from the beginning.

Michael Gandolfini and James Gandolfini

‘The Sopranos’Will Hart / HBO

Theyll hire some fing pretty boy.

I thought theyd hire, you know, one of these Irish-looking guys who are all over TV now.

Why am I doing this?

I came to you to do fing movies, he told Sanders.

And now Im doing an HBO series?

I dont even know what the connection is!

She assured him, Jim, listen to me.

I promise you: This is worth doing.

Its not going to change the world, but its going to change TV.