After almost 15 years following the HBO series finale of The Sopranos, the highly-anticipated prequel The Many Saints of Newark is finally here, giving fans a deeper look at the formative years of New Jersey gangster, Tony Soprano — previously played immaculately by the late, great James Gandolfini and now recreated by his real-life son, Michael Gandolfini. In a PopCulture.com exclusive with host Tania Hussain, director Alan Taylor (Thor, Terminator Genisys) is talking Sopranos, what it was like diving back into the iconic world for The Many Saints of Newark amid the Newark riots, and why he feels Leslie Odom Jr.’s Harold MacBrayer is most deserving of his own movie or TV spinoff.

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