Once upon a time, legendary mob cornerstones The Sopranos and Goodfellas almost shared a star: Ray Liotta, but Liotta passed on the role of Tony Soprano, which would go to James Gandolifini. It turns out these two would've had more in common as Lorraine Bracco, who famously played mob wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, reveals Sopranos creator David Chase didn’t ask her to play Tony Soprano’s therapist Dr. Jennifer Melfi. Chase actually approached her to play Soprano’s wife, Carmela.

Chase took the bait, Edie Falco ended up landing the part of Carmela, and the rest is history.

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[via HuffPost Live]