Michael Imperioli is back in the spotlight. This time around, he's being propelled by a leading role in another HBO show and a fresh wave of cultural relevance for The Sopranos.
"[They] are really funny," he said."I get a kick out of it. I mean, I take it as a very high compliment to be the subject of people's memes.", and much like he lives on as Christopher in the minds of many, other fans of his work also recall his small role as Spider in Martin Scorsese's 1990 mobster filmImperioli played the young bartender who gets shot in the foot and later killed by Joe Pesci's character.
While filming Spider's death scene, Imperioli accidentally crushed a glass in his hand as he reacted to being shot. He was sent to the hospital to fix the cuts on his hand, but the staff didn't realize his foot cast, fake blood, and fake bullet holes on his chest were from a film set, and they panicked and rushed to help.
When he returned to the set with a bandaged hand, Scorsese said he didn't want Imperioli's cuts to get infected by removing his bandages for another take — but Imperioli insisted they give it another go. "We were really taken by the fact that he was so dedicated, and he wanted to get it just right," Scorsese said."And he improvised so well with Pesci, which is not easy to do. In character, in the context of that world, he was not acting. He was behaving in it."After spending a minute listing all the projects he's been working on lately, Imperioli gets to the end and pauses:"Yeah, what else have I been doing?" he laughs.
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