Edie Falco Tells Us How Jamie-Lynn Sigler Bond Changed After 'Sopranos'
It’s been 25 years since and portrayed TV mother and daughter on The Sopranos, but their friendship has endured.
“She was my daughter before I actually had one,” Falco, 61, exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing her role in I’ll Be Right There ahead of the show’s 25th anniversary on Sunday, September 8. “She was very self-possessed and I was so impressed by her.”
Falco continued, “I remember thinking at the time, ‘No one’s gonna believe that I am her mother. They might believe that she’s my mother.’ You know, she just was very grounded. She had very strong parental figures in her life.”
Falco portrayed Carmela Soprano on the HBO series, while Sigler, now 43, played daughter Meadow. (Their onscreen family was rounded out by actors and .)
Related: ‘The Sopranos’ Cast: Where Are They Now?During its six-season run, The Sopranos transformed television as we know it, earning its title as one of the greatest shows of all time. The HBO crime drama began in January 1999 with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) reluctantly walking into the office of his new psychiatrist, Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), after having a panic attack. […]After The Sopranos wrapped in 2007, Falco and Sigler continued to stay in touch. According to the Nurse Jackie alum, their bond has changed “so much.”
“Here it is all these years later, she is older now than I was when I started shooting Sopranos [and] she has two kids. I have two kids. We’re two adults in the world,” Falco mused. “We had a panel recently and I looked at her speaking … I was like, ‘God, look at my daughter. Look what she’s done with it. I did a good job.’”
Falco joked that she then had a “holy crap” moment, thinking that she “lost [her] mind” since they are not actually family.
Cover Images“But, I know that doesn’t go away,” Falco told Us. “Like, all the actors and actresses I’ve played parents to, there’s always a little twinge of a memory of being their mom. It’s weird.”
Falco’s Carmela has since become the pinnacle of a “mob wife” style aesthetic.
“It’s so crazy,” Falco quipped. “I imagine it will come and go like most fashion trends but what a delight ’cause I remember during the fittings — a was the costume designer on that — we would just laugh and laugh and laugh.”
Related: ‘Sopranos’ Costume Designer Explains Mob Wife Trend by Different CharactersThe mob wife trend is here to stay. Juliet Polcsa, a costume designer for The Sopranos, opened up to Page Six about how to perfectly achieve the fashion fad, which took over TikTok in January and consists of animal prints, oversized sunglasses and over-the-top glam. “When I think of ‘mob wife,’ people are referencing Adriana,” […]Falco even had “the option of taking a lot” of her show wardrobe home when The Sopranos wrapped for good.
“I was like, you know, ‘I’m good actually,’” she quipped. “[There was] not much that she wore that I will ever wear in my real life. And then, now it’s become, like, a whole thing.”
While Falco has moved on from Carmela Soprano, she is playing a different type of mother in I’ll Be Right There.
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I’ll Be Right There is out now.
With reporting by Kat Pettibone
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Edie Falco Tells Us How Jamie-Lynn Sigler Bond Changed After 'Sopranos'
Edie Falco Tells Us How Jamie-Lynn Sigler Bond Changed After 'Sopranos'
Edie Falco Tells Us How Jamie-Lynn Sigler Bond Changed After 'Sopranos'
Edie Falco Tells Us How Jamie-Lynn Sigler Bond Changed After 'Sopranos'
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