Sarah Shahi is recalling one of the “best” kisses she ever had was during her guest-starring role on The Sopranos.
The 46-year-old Paradise star appeared during a recent episode of Lauryn and Michael Bosstick’s podcast The Bossticks and reflected on her time on the show where she played Sonya Aragon in the Emmy-winning season 6 episode “Kennedy and Heidi.”
Sonya was a stripper and the mistress of Christopher Moltisanti, but she and Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) end up having sex in Las Vegas and doing peyote together.
Sarah says James ranked among her “best” kisses.
“Yeah, I did a sex scene with Tony Soprano. One of the best, I have to say, kisses I’ve ever had,” she shared on the podcast. “I remember thinking to myself, like how am I going to get turned on by this 47-year-old large balding man? Like, there’s nothing. How is this going to work for me? But oh boy did it work for me.”
While they were filming the scene in question, the Sex/Life actress said she had to sit on his lip and kiss, but when they would call cut, she and James would keep kissing.
“Then we have to kiss, and when they called cut, we were still kissing,” she revealed. “We did it three, four times, and every time like they would call cut and we’re still f–king making out.”
Even before they filmed the scene, Sarah said James made an effort to reach out to her, sending her flowers and a note.
“He’s incredible. He was incredible. He was a very troubled man, but the crew loved him,” Sarah said, recalling him not showing up to set on the first day they were set to shoot the episode. “I went back to my hotel room and he sent me a dozen roses with a note saying like, ‘Sorry about today. Don’t be nervous cuz I suck. Love, the fat man.’”
When they met in person, Sarah tried meeting his “larger than life” energy.
“He’s like, ‘You get the flowers?’ and me thinking, you know, I’m a badass and trying to keep up with this energy, I was like, ‘Yeah, what’s with that?’” she continued, “Like, ‘Next time, send me something I can actually take back with me, like, Jimmy Choo, size seven.’ And again, I was just trying to match his energy.”
Later that night, when she got back to her hotel room, she found those shoes waiting for her.
Earlier this year, Sarah got candid about her divorce from Steve Howey and her work on Sex/Life inspired her to make that huge life change.
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