Michael Imperioli slams Hollywood’s ‘unimaginative’ casting system: ‘People thought I was a gangster after Sopranos!’
Michael Imperioli has had a dig at Hollywood’s “unimaginative” casting system. ‘The Sopranos’ actor, 57, played Christopher Moltisanti on the show for its entire run from 1999 to 2007, but said when it ended his agent’s phone was not ringing with other acting offers as people thought he was a “gangster” like his character. He told The Sunday Times newspaper if he was flooded with offers of more work: “Not really. I think at the time a lot of people thought I was that character. “Kind of like ‘Jersey Shore’ and they’d found us all at the mall and put us on the show. Hollywood is very unimaginat...