The Sopranos Character Furio Giunta - The Strong (Usually) Silent Type

[@chrisstenger3719]

Furio was brutal , but he was an honest guy in the biz... the scene where he raids the brothel was like commando raid. He had a heart of gold still . Great video again !!!

[@robertlee4172]

He beat them pussies.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thank you!!! And I agree with everything you said about Furio!!

[@owie4070]

This guy quickly became one of my favourite characters. Hated to see him go back to Italy.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

I really enjoyed his character, too! Was a bummer that he exited…

[@NotQuiteFirst]

0:57 I've always loved that wibbly hand movement Furio does at the party trying to amuse the baby

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Yes!! He definitely had a sweet, gentle side to him…not only was he kind to the baby, he was enthusiastic about it. I think Tony was a bit jealous actually - Furio was like a “happy wanderer” of sorts at that moment.

[@osman732]

Furio puts the rest of them into stark contrast in so many ways: competent, independent, physically fit, disciplined. But in the end, NJ mob life makes him as miserable and unfulfilled as the rest of them. Also Tony was blowing smoke when he boasted of putting a hit out on him. His word doesn't reach that far. Furio is cousin to Donna Annalisa. The clan wouldn't clip of one of their best men on behalf of a glorified crew from Jersey with less class than the Germans.

[@erickennedy8534]

I disagree , because Tony had two hitters in Italy . So, Tony had that reach.

[@osman732]

​@@erickennedy8534 those two lived in Naples and would have to work with/answer to the Naples clans (they might even be Annalisa's people). Their hits for Tony are contract jobs, they aren't loyal to him. Even if they're free agents you don't go against the clans on the word of some douchebag from North Caldwell.

[@erickennedy8534]

@@osman732 Well Tony had them on his side for like 3 years. He had the reach. Plus he had American Cars.

[@EGHawk7683]

That's What I Be Tryna Tell These Sopranos Fanatics They Think That Glorified Black Sock Wearing Crew Are So Untouchable.

[@rhys2040]

Yeah for sure, that car ride when he arrives back after his father. He realised he doesn't belong there and it's not worth it. Even for Carmella. Which was really just a fantasy anyway.

[@jameseglavin4]

Furio seemed to me to be a man with a real sense of his own history and place in the world - a true, old-world mob guy who could appreciate the things he had and be reasonable about the things he wanted. He was also one of the only guys who seemingly took care of himself, he could cook, he was smart (read: knew some history, was at least bilingual, and never actually did anything to fuck with Tony), and even tho he did drugs and stuff with Chris he kept in shape and never ran his mouth. I appreciated his character as someone who could more or less be successful in basically any legit field but was essentially cursed by being associated with the mafia growing up in Italy. I know the characters are all villains and not to be idolized or anything but Furio is probably the only one on the show who’d I actually work for, but he’d never have a lazy dumbass like me in his crew lol

[@jamesheath7601]

Tony “Whatever happened to Gary Cooper?” Silvio “he died” 😂😂😂

[@SopranosBlueprint]

You mean because he fought the Sioux in those Westerns?

[@jamesheath7601]

@@SopranosBlueprint he was gay Gary Cooper? 🤣

[@aunch3]

To me Furio’s fall out signals the end Of the first half of the show. Up until he leaves the show is funnier and less depressing. The beginning of the end is when Jackie Jr robs the poker game, but the crew is never the same after Furio and even Ralph to an extent. Jersey really could’ve used Furio in the war against NY at the end, but by then all the best soldiers outside of Syl were gone .

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thanks for the comment! I like how you bring up the first/second half of the show. In a way, I see the show as divided into three periods, with the first ending upon Livia’s death, and on the other hand, I see the end of season 3 as the end of the first half with 9/11 happening between the third and fourth seasons and really signaling an end to that lighter period of innocence both on the show and in real life. It’s he farther we go, the darker we get, and you make a great point about Furio’s exit being another signal of that, as well.

[@js3617]

I like your points. But in a way, I see it as a win for furio. He saw the shit coming from a mile away and got out of DODGE. it probably saved his life. If he stayed in NJ their shenanigans would've got him killed eventually. Either through their mess ups, or a direct hit. Made guys go missing faster than a cookie jar filled with crack rocks in NJ. Good for furio, yea...he's a mob killer like the rest of them but he was smart enough to get the f out when as soon he realized the joke that crew was.

[@davidmajer3652]

Furio is lonely and alone in his wood paneled room. Who else is lonely and alone in a wood paneled room? Junior. Maybe there is some symbolism with wood paneling and loneliness.

[@robertlee4172]

They both had woody desires. Although, Junior likes to whistle through the wheat fields too.

[@malikkimanimaasai3703]

Camila lives in a wood panel room too and is lonely... that's the reason for the attraction

[@nohmers18]

@@robertlee4172Sopranos comment sections are amazing.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@nohmers18You didn’t go to hell…you went to Sopranos comment purgatory, my friend! 😅

[@SopranosBlueprint]

And I think likely all of them had feelings of loneliness at some point. The way they portrayed Furio’s at the end of “The Strong, Silent Type” was particularly powerful.

[@RemnantReAnimated]

Fortunately 4 Furio he Quit While he was Ahead As Crew Members Started Getting Rubbed Out Left & Right.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

He didn’t want to be carried out in a body bag like Richie Aprile (or taken care of in the back of Satriale’s like how he and Christopher had to do with Richie) 🫣

[@RemnantReAnimated]

@SopranosBlueprint U Hate 2 Try & Wonder 🤔How They Can Stomach🤧🤢🤮 That 💩. Afterall Satriale's Ain't All Sandwiches 🥪 & Coffee ☕️. They have a Meat🍖🥩🥓 Slicing Bandsaw Table in The Back. & Y Chrissy Swore He'll Not Eat Another Sandwich From There Again..U Might Not Suspect What U maybe Consuming in Helping Them Get Rid of A Body 💩🚽

[@how775]

I just got rubbed out by myself ​@@SopranosBlueprint

[@mistersonnen848]

Furio was the only person I was rooting for, against Tony

[@SopranosBlueprint]

❗️❗️When Tony tells him, “Alright, but you gotta get over it” right after his dad dies, after interrupting him while he was talking about his dad’s cancer…”You need any money?” Tony certainly didn’t do himself any favors there by making himself look like such a jackass.

[@mariobtron5907]

Furio fell hard for Carmella. Dude was madly in love with her.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

💯💯

[@mrsbluesky8415]

If Carmela really loves Furio she would’ve kept her big mouth shut to keep him safe.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Yeah, it wasn’t very helpful in that sense for her to say anything about Furio by the time we got to Whitecaps…I think she just felt so defensive with all of Tony’s remarks about her and wanted to throw out something that she knew would get to him.

[@ihfarmer8164]

Give me one thousand dollars.

[@robertlee4172]

I can't believe this. You're ripping us off for a "G" note!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

One thousand MORE?!

[@gabbyhyman1246]

Sadly, he is a man without a country, having to look at the industrial squalor of Jersey and no longer a neopolitan. He's damn lucky he didn't "rock the boat" in the Stugatz.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

And I always think of Puss, too, especially with his bitching to Sil while Rock the Boat was playing…we see how that boat works out later on in the season for Puss.

[@jamesmorant1406]

He was a badass he was like The Terminator he got S--- done

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@jamesmorant1406 He was! He understood the assignment…love when Christopher says, “I must’ve not gotten the memo” and Tony says, “Would you have read it if you’d gotten it?” Such a contrast with Furio in that episode/in general.

[@samirascarlett]

100 percent loyal, so he thought. I would have loved to see a steamy scene between them though, that would have shook everything up. I do think he hightailed it out of there to remove himself from the situation and control his emotions

[@robertlee4172]

I would have loved to see Furio lay out Jean-Philip when he showed up at that apartment. "Qu’est-ce que c’est? Message machine broken? Nice shoes, is that designer?"

[@SopranosBlueprint]

I agree with you. Once he grabbed Tony and pushed him so close to the helicopter blades but then pulled back, I think he knew if he didn’t get outta there, it’d be his head in the blades soon enough (or some variation).

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@robertlee4172That would’ve been epic!!

[@Kane-ez]

Real nice😂

[@TooLooze]

I think he and Ginny Sack ran off to Versails or Hershey, PA together. Furio liked a woman you can grab on to something; some meat on her bones.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

You know who loved Hershey? Was Joey Peeps. May he rest in peace.

[@bilalashraf1611]

Furio was honestly one of the coolest guys on the show. I admire how he never gave into temptation because he respected Tony as boss, but knew he would’ve been a better lover. It took a lot of courage to not kill Tony, even if the rest of the characters would’ve been better off if he had (probably not AJ though). He really was the strong silent type.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@bilalashraf1611 Agreed! He really had to keep his impulses in check. Other guys would’ve made a move on Carmela already and/or gone through with the attempt to kill Tony or, at the very least, something else to arouse Tony’s suspicion.

[@rhys2040]

Is Furio Carmella storyline the most disliked in the series? I think when Furio almost went to kill Tony during the chopper ride, that was writers eluding it could of possibly gone that way. It was a strange end to pretty damn good character for him to just flee back to Naples.

[@Kromsmitesyou]

Great video again!👍

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@Kromsmitesyou Thanks so much!!! Glad you enjoyed this one, too. 😊

[@erickennedy8534]

Furio went Italy , he more comfortable in his home country.Their is slight chance Tony wack him. Na he had to go back, and he left mob life. He sold his house, and save his money , he could start life over .

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Yeah, I don’t think Tony would’ve actually had the resources and manpower to get to Furio once he was back in Italy. Furio was much more connected there than Tony was…the fact that he had no idea about the Mauro Zucca situation until he got there indicated to me that he really didn’t have his finger on the pulse of the situation there, and certainly not enough to get one of Annalisa’s guys once he was back on Italian soil.

[@oldman975]

If Tony had killed him,David Chase would’ve shown it. As for clearing out the house,years ago when my father moved, the crew showed up at 0800 and the house was empty before noon,and his place was bigger than Furio’s.

[@ingenieroresidente285]

A very important Furio moment happens back at Italy when he plays as a translator for Tony but he made soft his offensive boss words... Perhaps it's a bit unnoticed but it shows how really smart and good in those business Furio is.

[@CaliCarolyn]

I was very aware of that moment and admired his intelligence and awareness of what to translate diplomatically instead of Tony’s abrasive style.

[@thisgirlisoverit]

i like Furio tbh… the dance with Meadow and Carmella, it was nice😊

[@thomascrowley9122]

I doubt Tony had Furio killed. Furio probably stayed in Italy, And went back to working for the family there. They wouldn't let Tony do anything to him.

[@MichaelChiklisCares]

Furio would of been a great actor to play one of the strike team members in The Shield.

[@Cade_T23]

You gotta bee ona you head Smack

[@krtlkid]

Furio was pissed at tony for having someone like carmela in his life but sleep around with other women.Torn between loyalty to the boss and wanting to be with someone who's clearly into him.

[@adamgonzales4188]

Beekeeper furio

[@prophetmargin7497]

So why was there such an abrupt ending to the Furio character, what ever happened there? It turns out, the actor playing Furio, may have been leaking Soprano script info about upcoming episodes to his girlfriend at the time, who was a gossip columnist, and when David Chase found out about it, he had no choice but to quickly pull the plug on Furio. The empty house at the end, its all very allegorical!

[@osman732]

This rumour has been around for years and has never been properly sourced/confirmed. The rest of the surviving cast is friendly with Federico Castelluccio, and he appears on podcasts, shows, and live events with them. Joe Gannascoli, on the other hand...

[@prophetmargin7497]

@@osman732 I try to tell Mr. Chase it was by accident, but he no believe me, succhiacazzi!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

The sacred and the propane!

[@prophetmargin7497]

@@SopranosBlueprint "He's a bit of a poseur, that Furio, if you ask me."

[@williamramirez7559]

Another fantastic video. 2 things stands out with Furio. 1. Beating that kid over fireworks in Italy. 2. The massage parlor. Regardless of how that business is run, it was very disturbing watching him attacking the women. Slap, punch, kick, and spit on the wife was definitely overkill. Kinda had a little Tracy vibe(which was the worst). When men cross those lines who's to say it wouldn't happen again. We know how Carmela can be. Are we suppose to believe that with all the beautiful women in Italy, Furio couldn't fine anyone?! And chooses the FUCKING BOSS'S WIFE!!! You can miss me with that bs.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thank you so much ☺️ and I agree re: the massage parlor! That’s why I only included a few seconds of it, tbh…it’s brutal and I didn’t want KZbin being like “Girl, this is too violent” 😅 - and absolutely!!! Great point re: the fireworks. I think that’s something that really impressed Tony - he wanted someone on his side like that.

[@williamshakemilk2192]

Sorry strong and silent type, but in this world, the complaining manchild gets the girl

[@SopranosBlueprint]

“The man has two moods - moping or yelling - when he’s here.”

[@williamshakemilk2192]

@@SopranosBlueprint where is this quote from? I can't find it.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Carmela’s mom says it to Carmela in S3, E7 when they’re eating at the Soprano home and Tony gets up and leaves the table early

[@williamshakemilk2192]

@@SopranosBlueprint thanks.

[@jamesharris40001]

A woman Sopranos clips uploader? .. In America you no have?

[@SecondRegimentCorporal]

Out of all the relationships that happened in the show. This was the one I wanted to see happen more than any! And, it didn't! O man!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

They got pretty close, too!!

[@krtlkid]

​@@SopranosBlueprintlike with vito and adrianna while Chris was in rehab he came that close.

[@krtlkid]

I would have loved to see more of the forbidden love between him and carmela.

[@edstueckle4856]

Yeah, the world did function pre-internet. You would go to the airport and buy a ticket on the next flight. You can still do that. It's expensive, but I think Furio had money.