James Gandolfini threw a tantrum over a Sopranos masturbation scene that ended up on the cutting-room floor

New York Post

According to an excerpt from James Andrew Miller's new book on HBO, Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, fought against filming the Season 6 scene, but relented. The scene was later cut from the final version of the episode. "There were … fitful bouts of disruptive incredulousness as he reacted to certain scripts he was handed," writes Miller.