Michael Imperioliis opening about his time onThe Sopranosand the scenes he found the most difficult to film.

Its much easier shooting a mobster or shooting heroin, Imperioli toldThe Guardian.

That stuff to me is not difficult.

Michael Imperioli

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That stuff to me is not difficult.

But that stuff with her was.

Imperioli played Christopher Moltisanti throughout the six seasons of theHBOdrama series.

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Christopher had a tumultuous and abusive relationship with Adriana which involved filming brutal scenes.

On a technical level, youre trying to be really careful so you dont hurt the person.

Sometimes its very immediate.

Sometimes its something present in your life that you’re able to tap into.

Sometimes you have to go someplace from the past.

And sometimes you have to go to someplace imaginary.

So you really have to be quite careful.