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Plenty of classic Sopranoscharacters appear in The Many Saints of Newark, but here's why the legendary Ray Liotta plays two new ones in the prequel film. Fans of the widely-beloved HBO series have been eagerly — and sometimes, trepidatiously — awaiting the project since it was first confirmed. Now that it's dropped on HBO Max, the franchise's pseudo-origin story is generating a palpable buzz as viewers dissect callbacks, symbolism, and character appearances that reference the original show. Actor Ray Liotta, on the other hand, is a new addition to the universe's storyline and cast — and he even makes an appearance as two separate men. Liotta plays both "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti and his twin brother, Sal. The former Many Saints of Newark character is the main protagonist Dickie's father, and the grandfather that Christopher never gets the chance to meet. And quite honestly, it's for the best. He's a terrible person: on top of being a gangster, he abuses his current wife, did the same to his former wife, and is also revealed to have been violent with Dickie when he was a boy. The full potential of Dickie's fierce, unbridled temper — no doubt caused by his experiences with Hollywood Dick — is really fleshed out in the volatile moment where he brutally murders his father in a fit of both fresh and pent-up rage. It's this event that leads both him and viewers to the deceased mob boss's brother, Liotta's Sal. Though he's in prison for murder, where Dickie visits him, he contrasts his late brother in many ways. It's certainly not shocking that an actor like Liotta appears in The Many Saints of Newark. However, it is an unforeseen twist that he plays two different people. The creative choice lends itself to multiple components; one of them being a parallel to Dickie's two very different sides. Much like Tony in The Sopranos, Dickie is (usually) a very different man with his real family than he is with his crime family. In fact, he's tender and good-natured to his father's wife (who later becomes his mistress), Josephina, in the beginning. He even kills his father, in part, due to his abusive nature and misogynistic, spiteful attitude towards women he's supposed to love. Of course, ironically, Dickie ends up killing Josephina in a similar fit of rage later in the movie. The Sopranos dealt heavily with fate and life paths over the course of the series. Like Tony, Dickie seems unable to escape a sort of inheritance of violence in The Many Saints of Newark- even when it comes to killing his own father.
 Alessandro Nivola plays Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti, Christopher Moltisanti's father and Tony Soprano's beloved uncle. Leslie Odom Jr. as Harold McBrayerLeslie Odom Jr. plays Harold McBrayer, a childhood friend turned business partner of Dickie's. Jon Bernthal as Giovanni "Johnny" SopranoJon Bernthal plays Giovanni "Johnny" Soprano, Tony Soprano's tough father. Ray Liotta as Aldo "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti and Salvatore “Sally” MoltisantiRay Liotta plays twin brothers Aldo “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti and Salvatore “Sally” Moltisanti. “Hollywood Dick” is Dickie’s father and Christopher’s grandfather, while his brother Sally is in prison. Michela De Rossi as Giuseppina BrunoMichela De Rossi plays Giuseppina Bruno, an Italian woman who Dickie falls in love with. Gabriella Piazza as Joanne MoltisantiGabriella Piazza plays Joanne Moltisanti, Dickie's wife and Christopher's mother. Michael Gandolfini as young Tony Soprano, originated by his father JamesVera Farmiga as Livia Soprano, originated by Nancy MarchandCorey Stoll as Junior Soprano, originated by Dominic ChianeseBilly Magnussen as Paulie Walnuts, originated by Tony SiricoJohn Magaro as Silvio Dante, originated by Steven Van ZandtSamson Moeakiola as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, originated by Vincent PastoreAlexandra Intrator as Janice Soprano, originated by Aida TurturroLauren Kranc is the assistant content strategy editor at Esquire, where she runs the brand’s social media accounts and covers pop culture and television, with entirely too narrow an expertise on true crime shows This content is imported from OpenWeb. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Is Ray Liotta in the new Sopranos movie?But I was really, really flattered that David did that. And because of that, I wanted to try to get to work with him again, because I really liked The Sopranos.” Some 20 years later, they've both gotten their wish, as Liotta, 66, makes his mark in the Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark.
Who plays Sal Moltisanti in The Many Saints of Newark?Ray Liotta as Aldo "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti and Salvatore “Sally” Moltisanti. Ray Liotta plays twin brothers Aldo “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti and Salvatore “Sally” Moltisanti.
Who is uncle Sal in many saints of Newark?There are a handful of people in the prequel that help in showcasing who Dickie truly is, and two of them are, undoubtedly, Ray Liotta's two characters. As previously mentioned, the legendary actor plays both Dickie's father, Hollywood Dick, and his imprisoned Uncle Sal, who's also Hollywood Dick's identical twin.
Who plays Tony's dad in many saints of Newark?Giovanni “Johnny Boy” Soprano, Tony's father, died of natural causes in the late '80s, before the events of “The Sopranos,” and is glimpsed in the series only in flashbacks; one of those flashbacks is restaged in “Many Saints,” with Jon Bernthal now playing the Soprano patriarch in place of the show's Joseph Siravo.
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