Originally Posted by Moe_Tilden
I may need to watch it again but I didn't think much of Johnny Soprano in the Sopranos. The actor's portrayal seemed kind of cartoony and at odds with what was generally a very well-acted show.

It was like a performance you would see in a made-for-TV movie about the mob.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLB2oXAxx88

He was good there above, and also, in a much more understated version of the character (portraying Johnny Boy as he was toward the end of his life, sickly and burnt out) starts at 4:05:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8lBSvru2D4&t