The Many Saints of Newark writer David Chase and stars Ray Liotta and Alessandro Nivola discussed the Sopranos prequel Saturday at Contenders Film: New York. Speaking with Deadline’s Mike Fleming, Chase and Nivola zeroed in on the explosive rage of Nivola’s character, Dickie Moltisanti, while Liotta had a different perspective on his role.
“In his case, I would say, I’m being Freudian about him, a lot of it has to do with his father,” Chase said. “His mother is mentioned. During the start of the thing we talked about his mother more. She didn’t appear but there was something there between the mother and his father.”
Reacting to a scene in which Dickie beats his father, Hollywood Dick (Liotta), by ramming his head over and over onto the steering wheel of a car, Nivola said portraying anger has never been a challenge.
“To me, it was...
“In his case, I would say, I’m being Freudian about him, a lot of it has to do with his father,” Chase said. “His mother is mentioned. During the start of the thing we talked about his mother more. She didn’t appear but there was something there between the mother and his father.”
Reacting to a scene in which Dickie beats his father, Hollywood Dick (Liotta), by ramming his head over and over onto the steering wheel of a car, Nivola said portraying anger has never been a challenge.
“To me, it was...
- 12/4/2021
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
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