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James Gandolfini Was Paid $3 Million by HBO To Turn Down the Office and Protect His Sopranos Legacy

International Business Times UK — August 21, 2026 at 05:11 AM UTC

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James Gandolfini Was Paid $3 Million by HBO To Turn Down the Office and Protect His Sopranos Legacy

HBO paid Sopranos star James Gandolfini $3 million to turn down replacing Steve Carell on The Office, a deal his co-stars say kept him inside the HBO fold.