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Talking Sopranos

Episode 7 "Down Neck"

Talking Sopranos

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After Shows, Tv & Film

4.87K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Guest Robert Iler (AJ Soprano) joins Michael and Steve to talk about working with James Gandofini, his incredible time on the Sopranos, and being a professional poker player. Did he really shave his eyebrows in season 5? Then Michael and Steve break down the Sopranos S1 Ep 7. They discuss the flashback to 1967 and some of the David Chase’s interesting music choices. Tony tells Melfi he was always proud to be Johnny Soprano’s son but was it Livia who was the real gangster? It’s all in this this week’s episode of Talking Sopranos #7 “Down Neck”. Go to talkingsopranos.com to ask questions and more.

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0:00.0

Alright, welcome to Talking to Prano's. This week we are going to delve into season one, episode

0:11.8

seven, down neck. But we have a very special guest who is featured in this episode. Good

0:18.5

friend of ours, a great guy, fantastic actor. Please welcome Robert Eiler. Yes sir.

0:24.6

Hey guys. Yes sir. There he is.

0:30.6

Been a while. It's been a while. I'm great man. I'm just you know, the only craziness that's

0:37.2

going on and this is a nice, you know, this is a nice thing to do. Dernan, I'm always happy to see

0:42.1

you guys. I have a figure quite a while. Yeah, I did like, it's weird leaving, leaving New York.

0:49.2

You know, I never lived anywhere besides New York my whole life. So being away from

0:54.2

all this to Prano's guys is weird. But the good side is like it's to see Jamie non-stop.

0:59.7

We've seen Jamie. And Jamie then's like your sister in real life. She is like my sister in real life.

1:04.5

Jamie let her play better. Now do you drive? You drive? I don't drive. I take ubers.

1:09.9

So you don't have the ever license? I got my license when I was like 16, just that like initial

1:15.6

wanting to get out of the house and get away. And then I got into a really bad car accident when I was

1:21.5

like 22 or 20. I wasn't even driving. But when I was 22, 23 and ever since then I just thought

1:28.2

I get excited driving. I'm worth it. You know, I didn't start till I was like 30. You know. Really?

1:34.2

Yeah. All because of the Prano's, you know, in the pilot I smashed the car on camera with Jim

1:39.3

the car. And I didn't know and they said, if you come back, this show gets picked up, you got to

1:44.4

get a license. And so I did. But I wouldn't rule it out for you. I mean, I know it's, you know,

1:53.1

yet an accident. So it's anxiety and, you know, it might be a little scared. But living in California,

2:00.2

being able to drive is a lot makes it a lot more enjoyable, I think.

2:05.9

How did you deal with leaving New York? And you were in New York, you were like two, right?

2:11.0

Yeah. See, I left. But I never really worked. I don't live in LA. I live in Santa Barbara.

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