The man staring down Tony Soprano in the final scene of “The Sopranos” (and keeping America’s television critics employed) is a Bucks County pizzeria owner. Paolo Colandrea, owner of Paul’s Penndel Pizza, plays the “mystery man” inside the restaurant where the Soprano family are eating their meal who gives Tony Soprano a hard look from the counter and walks into the bathroom just as the screen turns to black. Colandrea spoke to the Bucks County Courier Times about appearing on “The Sopranos”:
So how does a pizza shop owner with no previous acting experience land a role on the final episode of the most acclaimed program in cable television history?Right place, right face, really.Earlier this spring, Eileen DeNobile, owner of the Lawrenceville, N.J.-based Noble Talent Management, was looking for an Italian man, about 6 feet tall, between the ages of 30 and 50, for a part on “The Sopranos.” She stopped into Penndel Pizza for dinner one evening, saw the framed photo of Colandrea pouring a glass of wine and thought she might have found her man.
The man staring down Tony Soprano in the final scene of “The Sopranos” (and keeping America’s television critics employed) is a Bucks County pizzeria owner. Paolo Colandrea, owner of Paul’s Penndel Pizza, plays the “mystery man” inside the restaurant where the Soprano family are eating their meal who gives Tony Soprano a hard look from the counter and walks into the bathroom just as the screen turns to black. Colandrea spoke to the Bucks County Courier Times about appearing on “The Sopranos”:
