The Sopranos is a HBO crime drama which stars James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano, boss of the New Jersey Crime family, as he manoeuvres and navigates his way through mob life and family life. Throughout the series’ 6 season, Tony comes across many adversaries, many psychopathic individuals such as Ritchie April. There is perhaps no greater psychotic character in the show than the cunning Ralph Cifaretto, a captain in Tony’s own crew and one of the highest earners in the family.

In spite of his volatile nature, Ralph has emerged as a fan favourite character. He may be utterly despicable, but he is funny as hell, and many of the most comical scenes of the show are as a result of him and his shenanigans. He’s probably the closest The Sopranos got to having Joe Pesci on the show.

Played immaculately by Joe Pantoliano, of The Matrix and Memento fame, Ralph fully deserves his reputation as one of the best of the many colourful characters on the show, and stories, quotes and interviews over the years suggest that Pantoliano, also known as Joey Pants, enjoyed his time on the series and was loved by the cast.

However, it appears some bad blood had emerged towards the end of The Soprano’s run, long after Joey Pants had left the show.

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