Warning: This story contains spoilers from “The Many Saints of Newark”
After 14 years of waiting, fans of the classic HBO mob drama “The Sopranos” are finally getting a chance to revisit the criminal underworld of New Jersey in “The Many Saints of Newark” — a prequel film that examines the formative years of Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) and the made man who mentored him: Richard “Dickie” Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola). Since it is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, “The Many Saints of Newark” largely consists of the younger iterations of such iconic “Sopranos” characters as Junior Soprano (Corey Stoll), Livia Soprano (Vera Farmiga), and Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri (Billy Magnussen). However, one original cast member from the “Sopranos” turns up in the film in a very unexpected way.
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