Tony got toasted!
David Chase — creator of The Sopranos — has finally confirmed that premium cable’s best known mafia man did, in fact, die in the final scene of his hit HBO series.
But Tony Soprano didn’t meet his demise the way Chase once envisioned he would.
Back in 2007, a collective gasp could be heard across America during the series’ famous final scene as Tony sat with his family inside Holsten’s Diner, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” suddenly stopped playing and the screen went dark.
Millions initially thought their cable had gone out at the most inconvenient time.
“The scene I had in my mind was not that scene. Nor did I think of cutting to black,” Chase told The Hollywood Reporter.
“I had a scene in which Tony comes back from a meeting in New York in his car. At the beginning of every show, he came from New York into New Jersey, and the last scene could be him coming from New Jersey back into New York for a meeting at which he was going to be killed.”
Chase also admitted that he was disappointed some fans wanted a more explicit ending.
“What was annoying was how many people wanted to see Tony killed,” he said. “They wanted to see him go face-down in linguini, you know? That bothered me.”
“I just thought, ‘God, you watched this guy for seven years and I know he’s a criminal. But don’t tell me you don’t love him in some way, don’t tell me you’re not on his side in some way. And now you want to see him killed? You want justice done? You’re a criminal after watching this s–t for seven years.’ That bothered me.”
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