{"id":6367,"date":"2026-06-22T15:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sarah-shahi-swoons-over-hot-sopranos-scene-with-james-gandolfini\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:20:01","slug":"sarah-shahi-swoons-over-hot-sopranos-scene-with-james-gandolfini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sarah-shahi-swoons-over-hot-sopranos-scene-with-james-gandolfini\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Shahi swoons over &#8216;hot&#8217; &#8216;Sopranos&#8217; scene with James Gandolfini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131834166.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sarah Shahi swooned over her \u201chot\u201d sex scenes in \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d with the late James Gandolfini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did a sex scene with Tony Soprano,\u201d the \u201cParadise\u201d actress recently <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TEPJWXhNGKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed on the \u201cBossticks\u201d podcast<\/a>, referring to Gandolfini\u2019s character on the hit HBO drama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the best, I have to say, kisses I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Sarah Shahi gushed over her \u201chot\u201d sex scenes with the late James Gandolfini (seen above on set kissing the actress). <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress (seen above on a podcast) said the \u201cSopranos\u201d actor was \u201cone of the best \u2026 kisses [she\u2019s] ever had.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@TheSkinnyConfidential<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe had this scene where he was so hot and \u2026 I remember thinking to myself, \u2018How am I going to get turned on by this 47-year-old large, balding man?\u2019 There\u2019s nothing \u2026 how is this going to work for me? Oh boy, did it work for me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shahi, 46, said there was a scene where she and Gandolfini first started \u201cdoing mushrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if you remember the scene. And he\u2019s a very method actor. So, he wanted props. I think they actually had dehydrated mushrooms and he wanted them to put pepper on them or a lot of spice or just something, so when you put it in your mouth, there\u2019s some kind of a reaction,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Shahi (seen above on a podcast) recalled a scene when they were \u201cdoing mushrooms.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@TheSkinnyConfidential<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cBlack Adam\u201d star (seen above on \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d) said she had to sit on Gandolfini\u2019s lap during the scene. <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a scene where I\u2019m sitting on his lap and we\u2019re taking these mushrooms and then we have to kiss and when they called \u2018cut,\u2019 we were still kissing \u2026 we were still kissing,\u201d the \u201cBlack Adam\u201d star shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, and we did it three, four times and every time they would call \u2018cut\u2019 and we\u2019re still f\u2013king making out,\u201d she remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Shahi guest-starred on \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d in Season 6 in 2007. She portrayed Sonya Aragon, a college student and stripper who was the mistress of Christopher Moltisanti. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She said she and the actor (both seen above on \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d) continued to kiss even after the director called \u201ccut.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>On \u201cThe Sopranos,\u201d Shahi (seen above) portrayed Sonya Aragon, a college student and stripper who was the mistress of Christopher Moltisanti. <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Gandolfini (seen above) died in June 2013 after suffering a sudden heart attack. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moltisanti (played by Michael Imperioli) bonded with Soprano in Las Vegas following a tragic death.<\/p>\n<p>In the episode \u201cKennedy and Heidi,\u201d Soprano met Aragon and she introduced him to a hallucinogenic plant that prompted the mafia crime boss to experience a profound spiritual awakening.<\/p>\n<p>Gandolfini <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2013\/06\/20\/james-gandolfini-dead-at-51\/\">died in June 2013<\/a> after suffering a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2013\/06\/20\/sopranos-star-james-gandolfini-dead-of-heart-attack-in-italy-at-51\/\">sudden heart attack<\/a> while vacationing in Rome. He was 51. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/sarah-shahi-swoons-over-hot-sopranos-scene-with-james-gandolfini\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Shahi swooned over her \u201chot\u201d sex scenes in \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d with the late James<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131834166.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}