Although dead, Marchand returns for final Sopranos episode

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Although dead, marchand returns for final sopranos episode

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February 28, 2001

ALTHOUGH DEAD, MARCHAND RETURNS FOR FINAL SOPRANOS EPISODE
The producers of The Sopranos were able to employ digital technology to insert outtakes and scenes from previous episodes featuring the late Nancy Marchand into an episode in which Marchand's character, Livia Soprano, dies peacefully in her sleep, the New York Times reported today (Wednesday). Sopranos creator David Chase told the newspaper that Livia often repeated bits of dialogue that helped to establish her character. "She had these riffs that she would use over and over again. And that's the footage we used," he said. (One of them was her self-pitying remark, "I wish the Lord would take me now.") Chase said that when the scenes that included Livia were shot, a stand-in was used. Afterwards, the stand-in's image was digitally replaced by Marchand's. The episode is scheduled to air in March.

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