<blockquote>Quote:<hr>I posted this in the other forum,but I read on IMDb.com that the actor playing Furio had been fired;therefore not coming back.<hr></blockquote>

Along those same lines regarding Furio/Castellucci, the following was sent to me in an email. However, I have no way of validating its authenticity. Therefore don't take the contents as being gospel or make any attempts to "kill the messenger." <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D">

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>There has been much speculation regarding the removal of this actor from Sopranos. My husband is an Executive at HBO and we attend the events when we have the time and energy. We were recently speaking with Mr. Chase himself alongside several cast members from the show and Mr. Castellucio was brought up in conversation. Mr. Chase said that Furio was fired for a number of reasons--the last straw being when he brought a gossip columnist for a New York paper to the set itself (after the cast was specifically instructed not to speak of the plot lines for the season with anyone, and signed very specific confidentiality disclosures) and was promptly thrown off the set by Mr. Chase. A few weeks later, some of the major plot lines for the season appeared in the woman's column, and as a result the writers had to franticly rewrite most of the season. The current cast members believe that Mr. Castellucio may have sold the information out of spite for already being midway through the process of being written off the show because he was disliked by other cast members for his "diva attitude" and not being thankful to Mr. Chase that he was given such a great role, since he had never done anything before as an actor. "He should have just gone quietly, but instead he called Page Six and lied that he was coming back to the show", was what the cast said. "He's never coming back" said the show's creator--"He was fired."<hr></blockquote>

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A few weeks later, some of the major plot lines for the season appeared in the woman's column, and as a result the writers had to franticly rewrite most of the season

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If this is true, i'd really like to know what the writers originally had in store for Season 4. Anyone recall spoilers from this alledged column?



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IMDB can never be relied upon for episodes that haven't aired yet. Any user can add fake information, so unless there is another source I wouldn't believe what IMDB says.

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Those credits are for all actors that are featured throughout the series. I double checked other episodes this season and noticied it is similar setup. This doesn't mean these actors are in the episode. Livia's credit appears for every episode on IMDB, but she passed away in 2000, so everyone should disregard this topic as a SPOILER.

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