Michael Imperioli reveals the hilarious reason why this Sopranos scene needed 12 takes

He couldn’t fuhgeddabout this scene.Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa, who both starred on “The Sopranos,” looked back at their time on the drama in an interview published Tuesday.Imperioli, 59, reminisced on shooting Season 3 Episode 2, titled “Proshai, Livushka,” in which the family heads back to the house after Livia Soprano’s funeral.The Emmy winner recalled having to reshoot one scene over and over because the cast couldn’t hold back their laughter.“Janice [Aida Turturro] wanted everybody to say something about her,” Imperioli explained, “and [my character] said something about, some kind of esoteric thing about no two people are the same.”“And, when they played the song from ‘Carousel,’ we just all started laughing hysterically and they had to cut,” he added.“This happened at least 12 takes in a row.”During the episode, Imperioli’s character, Christopher Moltisanti, reminisces on Livia, telling his family, “They say, there’s no two people on earth exactly the same.

No two faces, no two sets of fingerprints.But do they know that for sure? Because they would have to get everybody together in one huge space, and obviously that’s not possible even with computers.”The guests are left puzzled after Christopher’s remarks, but Janice then plays Livia’s favorite song, “If I Loved You” from the 1956 musical movie “Carousel.”“So what should be one of the saddest scenes, right, cause it’s Livia’s funeral turned into this thing that we just couldn’t shoot because people were just laughing too much,” Imperioli said.

“It’s actually a very fond memory.”All jokes aside, Schirripa, 67, chimed in about the strong bond the cast and crew of “The Sopranos” had while making the drama.“You’re with these people,” he expressed.“They become honestly like a family.

Marriages, babies, divorces, so you, you’re all together.“Though there was some heavy times, there also was a lot of fun times. ...