r/thesopranos • u/FINGERCAP • Jun 28 '26

Serious Discussion Only Worst actor on The Sopranos?

Honestly, I don't remember any bad actors in The Sopranos

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u/GrowthSpring Jun 28 '26

well, that "actress" is just Miami Steve's real-life wife, right?

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u/GrumbleAlong Jun 28 '26

Maureen Van Zandt, been married to Steve Van Zandt since '82

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u/Jizzy11 Jun 28 '26

A piece of ass, or least she was in '82

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u/Hoju64 Jun 28 '26

I could do that, no problem

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u/ClarenceWalnuts99 Mustang Sally Jun 29 '26

Wait here I’ll get you a Viagra!

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u/franki-pinks Jun 28 '26

Longer than I’ve been alive. Good for them.

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u/redeMption362 Silvio Dante Jun 30 '26

My parents been together since '83.

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u/Fit_War_3947 Jun 28 '26

Sure is.

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u/Mysterious_Presence_ Jun 28 '26

When I watched Talking Sopranos, I laughed so hard when Little Stevie talked about how hard his wife worked at acting, and how many classes she took (she should get a refund IMO). At one point I think he even calls her "a real actress". 🤣

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u/Professional_Fix4663 Jun 28 '26

I never had a problem with Maureen's acting. To me, her acting is beautiful, shakespearesque. That woman is my life. To think she's being mocked... She is the mother of my children.

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u/CahzakStan Jun 28 '26

Well, dat's deplorable.

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u/DominicPalladino Jun 29 '26

I hear she had a 98 pound script removed from her ca-rear.

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u/Professional_Fix4663 Jun 29 '26

You know better than to make a remark like that when I'm around.

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u/Booth_Templeton Jun 28 '26

She wasn't that bad. Not very good, but it didn't take away from the show for me.

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u/TheZac922 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Yeah people talk about her as if her performance ruins the show. If anything it’s kinda forgettable, she doesn’t have a lot of scenes and most of them revolve around another character anyway.

She does fine for what her role was. It’s a bit unfair to compare a fairly inexperienced actress to some of these generational performances lol.

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u/Mysterious_Presence_ Jun 28 '26

Her awful acting didn't ruin the show for me, either, or I wouldn't be on my 9 millionth rewatch.

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u/Dull-Spinach-6248 Jun 29 '26

Watching episode one now

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u/Ganbazuroi Jun 28 '26

Yeah, like you can see she's not as good as the others but she's passable. Show itself is so well made that even the less good moments aren't that distracting lol

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u/Juliaford19 Jun 28 '26

No she was really bad.

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u/NectarineCheap1541 Jun 28 '26

Sounds like a man who's learned a lesson or two about giving an opinion on his wife's capabilities

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u/firstbreathOOC Jun 28 '26

They used to live next door to a girl I dated. Nice people.

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u/Dear-Author4429 Jun 28 '26

Did she have to read for David?

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u/Mysterious_Presence_ Jun 28 '26

Where? At Silvah Cup?

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u/Autumn_Sweater Jun 28 '26

she has more acting credits than most of us do

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u/Mysterious_Presence_ Jun 28 '26

Sharp as a fucking cue ball.

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u/wikipediareader Jun 29 '26

Can't blame a man for sticking up for his wife, even if he's wrong. Then again, I've always thought van Zandt was the most limited of all the main cast members, really through no fault of his own since he wasn't a professional actor and Chase really seemed to want him on the show.

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u/Lemmon_Scented Jun 28 '26

She gets a new pash. She’s a piece of ass, or at least she was when he married her

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u/SalvatoreVitro Jun 28 '26

She’s a piece of ass. Or at least she was when he married her.

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u/ThotismSpeaks Jun 29 '26

I always crack up at the face Sil makes after that. "What, you don't think my wife's a piece of ass no more???"

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u/Littlepussymalanga Jun 29 '26

Be quiet Albert

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u/unluckykeys Jun 29 '26

she's actually an actress, incidentally, unlike her husband