hey guys i dont know if this has been brought up before but has any1 ever thought the character christopher is based on joey merlino.

They are both flashy gangsters who want to be known as being a gangster. They both lke to drink and hang in nightclubs. Christopher has a smoking hot girlfriend whle merlino has a smoking hot wife. They are roughly the same age and build and both have family ties to a top guy in there family. Chris to tony and joey to his father. And both have a problem taking orders from the older boss they dont respect. chris with uncle junior in season 1 and merlino with stanfa