JAMES GANDOLFINI - GANDOLFINI HAPPY WITH SOPRANOS FINALE

GANDOLFINI HAPPY WITH SOPRANOS FINALE

JAMES GANDOLFINI has hit back at reports he wasn't pleased with the climax of THE SOPRANOS by stating he was very impressed with his character TONY SOPRANO's final scene. The reclusive actor's refusal to speak about Sunday night's (10Jun07) finale at a cast reunion in Florida led many to believe he wasn't happy with what he saw on TV. But Gandolfini insists that's not the case. He tells today's New York Daily News, "I thought it was a great ending." He admits family and friends have been trying to get more information out of him about the show's finale, which shocked many fans, but he insists he doesn't know what to make of it either. Gandolfini adds, "You have to ask (The Sopranos creator) David Chase that. Smarter minds than mine know the answer to that." Chase has declined to explain his ending, but his cast continue to applaud the final show. Rocker-turned-Sopranos regular Steven Van Zandt says, "A conventional ending would have been a fraud. Life doesn't have tidy little endings."