A closer look
Sometimes elite acting techniques just require self-inflicted foot trauma. To capture the perpetually irritated, heavy-breathing menace of the ultimate mob boss, James Gandolfini routinely deprived himself of sleep and walked around the set with actual stones wedged inside his loafers. This constant, nagging physical discomfort ensured that whenever the cameras rolled, Tony Soprano wasn't just acting annoyed with his incompetent criminal underlings—he was genuinely furious at the universe.
