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‘The Sopranos’ creator David Chase: ‘I’ve never watched the series. I’ve watched a couple of episodes’


On the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking mob series headed by James Gandolfini, its creator explains how it was born and why he is now revisiting the HBO hit

25 years ago, a New Jersey mobster suffered a panic attack and changed television forever. Last Thursday, he gave EL PAÍS an interview via video call from his home in Santa Monica, California, to mark the occasion of the anniversary of the premiere of his groundbreaking series. And [former HBO chairman] Chris Albrecht believed that the audience wouldn’t be able to handle that for a TV lead, that they’d reject him.

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