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invited Steven Van Zandt, a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, to audition for the role of Tony. Van Zandt, who had never acted before, felt that the role should go to an experienced actor, so Chase wrote him into a part that did not exist--as Silvio Dante. Michael Rispoli, who eventually played Jackie Aprile, was also very close

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