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Vincent Pastore of Sopranos failed to show up for an Upper Saddle River director's movie, a lawsuit claims. (FILE)

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HACKENSACK - Actor Vincent Pastore - who appeared on "The Sopranos" for several seasons - is being sued by a director from Upper Saddle River for failing to show up for a movie shoot, according to reports.

Danny Provenzano, 53, claims in court documents Pastore, 70, was supposed to star in a TV pilot, "Manhattan, Kansas," with actress Sean Young. The shoot was scheduled for three days in 2013, according to the NY Post.

"It's a simple situation," Provenzano told the Post. "I hired him to do a job. The t's were crossed. The i's were dotted. And he just didn't show up."

Pastore's lawyer Suzy Yengo told the newspaper the actor didn't show up because he found out it was a non-union shoot and he is a member of SAG-AFTRA and refuses to cross union lines, the report said.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Bergen County Superior Court. A court date has been set for May 15.

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