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The Sopranos' creator has seemingly finally confirm what really happened in the the long-debated final scene of his HBO drama. In a leaked interview for "The Sopranos Sessions," a book about his series, David Chase hinted at Tony Soprano's fate, The Independent reports.

"Made in America," the final episode of The Sopranos which aired 13 years ago this week, shows Tony at a diner with this family. The restaurant scene looks like a normal outing, but it takes place in the middle of a fight between the New Jersey and New York Mafia, and there's a hitman waiting who's been sent out for Tony.

The final seconds of the scene cut to a blank screen with Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" playing. While the finale puzzled some fans, Chase accidentally gave a clue about what the cryptic ending meant for Tony.

Alan Sepinwall, "The Sopranos Sessions" co-author, asked Chase, "When you said there was an end point, you don't mean Tony at Holsten's [diner], you just meant, 'I think I have two more years' worth of stories left in me.'"

Chase slipped up with his reply, which sounds like a confirmation of Tony's death. "Yes, I think I had that death scene around two years before the end," he said.

"Tony was going to get called to a meeting with Johnny Sack in Manhattan, and he was going to go back through the Lincoln Tunnel for this meeting, and it was going to go black there and you never saw him again as he was heading back, the theory being that something bad happens to him at the meeting," he continued. "But we didn't do that."

Co-author Matt Zoller Seitz caught the slip and called Chase out on it. "You realize, of course, that you just referred to that as a death scene," he told The Sopranos creator.

Realizing his mistake, Chase took a long pause. "Fuck you guys," he replied.

When The Sopranos ended in 2007, fans were divided over what the finale meant for Tony, with many firmly believing he had been whacked. Chase was sure to emphasize the ambiguity of the show's last episode after his "death scene" slip-up. "He could have been whacked in the diner. We all could be whacked in a diner. That was the point of the scene," he later added.

Chase has been working on a Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark, which features a young Tony. The project has been in development since 2018, and is set to premiere March 2021.
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'Sopranos' Creator David Chase Accidentally Spoils Tony's Final Fate

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The Sopranos' creator has seemingly finally confirm what really happened in the the long-debated final scene of his HBO drama. In a leaked interview for "The Sopranos Sessions," a book about his series, David Chase hinted at Tony Soprano's fate, The Independent reports.

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adaptations of a book doesn't have to include the entire book in the movie

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tell the best story possible

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Start with an idea on a notecard and expand it from there

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have to consider how your episodes will effect one another

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TV can have more than 3 acts to solve a conflict

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find the best way to depict your era any way possible

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your film will be turned down more times than you can count before it will be chosen

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Talk about an inspirational story: Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling book (and now highly successful movie) The Help, received 60 rejection letters over 3 and a half years-and still didn't give up. Good thing she didn't. You have to read this great article by Stockett about her determination. Here's an excerpt:

A few months later, I sent it to a few more agents. And received a few more rejections. Well, more like 15. I was a little less giddy this time, but I kept my chin up. "Maybe the next book will be the one," a friend said. Next book? I wasn't about to move on to the next one just because of a few stupid letters. I wanted to write this book.

A year and a half later, I opened my 40th rejection: "There is no market for this kind of tiring writing." That one finally made me cry. "You have so much resolve, Kathryn," a friend said to me. "How do you keep yourself from feeling like this has been just a huge waste of your time?"

That was a hard weekend. I spent it in pajamas, slothing around that racetrack of self-pity-you know the one, from sofa to chair to bed to refrigerator, starting over again on the sofa. But I couldn't let go of The Help. Call it tenacity, call it resolve or call it what my husband calls it: stubbornness.

After rejection number 40, I started lying to my friends about what I did on the weekends. They were amazed by how many times a person could repaint her apartment. The truth was, I was embarrassed for my friends and family to know I was still working on the same story, the one nobody apparently wanted to read.

Check out the entire story here on Yahoo's Shine website for women:
Kathryn Stockett's 'The Help' Turned Down 60 Times Before Becoming a Best Seller

Still not enough to inspire you? Here are a few more great articles worth checking out on writers that persevered through and how to best deal with rejection:

- 8 Badass Books That Were Rejected by Publishers
- How to Turn Rejection Letters into a Positive
- Back to Basics: Why Am I Getting Rejected?
- Agent Scott Hoffman On: Making Sense of a Rejection Letter

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60 Rejection Letters Didn't Stop Kathryn Stockett and Her Bestseller "The Help"

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Talk about an inspirational story: Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling book (and now highly successful movie) The Help, received 60 rejection letters over 3 and a half years-and still didn't give up. Good thing she didn't. You have to read this great article by Stockett about her determination.

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Bad episodes come out with the wash

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Several people write a TV show, but one person can write a movie

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Actors have more "pull" or say in how the show is produced when it does well

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Actors don't have any "pull" or say in the movie if it does well

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Personal experiences can shape an entire story like Mike Mills with "Beginners"

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Things can be changed if the audience doesn't respond well to a scene or character

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Have to be entertaining!

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TV shows allow you to bring in new characters over time that can mesh well with the original characters

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Shows have to be durable in order to succeed