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Why Hollywood won't cast Lorraine Bracco anymore

posted 6 years ago by TMC-4 (20277)
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https://www.looper.com/157090/why-hollywood-wont-cast-lorraine-bracco-anymore/

Starring James Gandolfini and Lorraine Bracco, The Sopranos revolutionized television. The show marked the rise of long-form, prestige TV, paving the way for series like Game of Thrones. As for the actual plot, the series focused on Tony Soprano (Gandolfini), a mobster who reveals his human side in sessions with his psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, a woman who knows secrets about him that he won't reveal to anyone else.

And that's where Bracco comes in. The actress had an Academy Award nomination under her belt for the role of Karen Hill in Goodfellas, but she's still best known for playing Dr. Melfi, an intriguing character who gets a certain thrill out of working with a man like Tony. But despite her performance on this groundbreaking show (a performance that scored her both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations), Bracco hasn't worked on any films or TV shows that have had a similar cultural impact since. Here's why she hasn't had a real career upswing since The Sopranos.

[–] Information-Police (4895) 4 years ago

I wish people stopped acting like it's a mystery when women like Ms Bracco stop getting cast when they no longer look like Karen Hill.

Sopranos was an outlier in that they created two strong and prominent roles for mature women and got very talented and appropriate-aged women to play the roles.