Michael Imperioli is among the most talented actors in the Hollywood industry, known for his work in the top-rated show The Sopranos. The actor played the prominent role of Christopher Moltisanti in the long-running crime thriller show for six seasons. His remarkable roles in the cinematic world include Jungle Fever, Bad Boys, The Basketball Diaries, Shark Tale, and others. The actor also got a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Dominic Di Grasso in The White Lotus. However, Summer of Sam is the most cherished project of the actor.
Goodfellas actor co-wrote and starred in Spike Lee’s crime thriller, Summer of Sam. However, the actor had to go to great lengths to get his film on the big screen.
The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli took the help of a witch for his film
Michael Imperioli got his big break with one of the most famous crime drama shows The Sopranos. However, the actor was also trying to float his script for a film on the silver screen. He shared in an interview about using supernatural methods to fulfill his dream.
Not many know that the actor Michael Imperioli shares a connection with Spike Lee’s one of the famous films. The TV star wrote the film Summer of Sam. However, it required extra assistance to make it a box office success.
Imperioli shared about the journey of his script to the silver screen in conversation with Variety,
“I had just begun writing Summer of Sam with Victor Colicchio — we wrote that script together. I wanted to get it made. So I met somebody who was living here who was a witch.”
“She said she could help me get it made, but it wasn’t going to happen the way I thought it would. I was very ambitious at the time and wanted to get that made, so [I] resorted to tapping into otherworldly means to get it through the studio system.”
The actor did not open up about details about what kind of magic the witch used to get his work done. However, with the use of magic of the witch or not, the film was made by Spike Lee in 1999. It was not one of the biggest hits of the actor, however, it has a cult following on social media.
The Sopranos actor Michael Imperioli recalled a real-life spooky incident
The actor recalled in an interview about moving into a Chelsea Hotel at age 29. He shared,
“The Chelsea is a very mythical place. Especially if you’re an artist in New York, it looms very large, and the idea of living here seemed not really possible.”
Michael Imperioli also told a personal ghost story from the Chelsea Hotel,
“I saw a ghost here. Some people may think that I’m insane, and it’s bullshit or whatever. But I’m not the only person who has seen this apparition of a woman, apparently from the late 19th century, whose soon-to-be husband died on the Titanic. She came from upstate or something and was waiting for him here, and when she found out what happened to him, she killed herself.”
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel is a documentary by Danny Garcia. It tells the story of New York’s iconic Chelsea Hotel and the spirits that inhabit the place. It will be released in October 2023.
Source- Variety
