Vito Spatafore - who would have thunk it!! (The Sopranos - **Spoilers**)

[LynneSin]

that's an interesting storyline they're taking. Will the rest of the 'family' find out about him or is he going to kill himself in that motel room.

[LostinVA]

1. Per mob moles (Donnie Brasco, etc.), these guys are hugely homophobic

It will eb interesting to see...

[LynneSin]

2. I was reading an article about it in my newspaper

and the actor who plays Vito actually suggested the storyline

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060411/LIFE/604110320/1005

Is 'Sopranos' character a mix of Mike Tyson and Liberace?

AP/TINA FINEBERG Joseph R. Gannascoli


Associated Press
04/11/2006
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhall and ... Joseph R. Gannascoli?

In the year when "Brokeback Mountain" became a phenomenon and Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Oscar playing Truman Capote, Gannascoli's character was outed Sunday night on "The Sopranos."

Vito Spatafore -- the heretofore closeted gay mobster -- was spotted by some wiseguys who came by a sweaty S&M joint to collect their protection money. "It's a joke," Vito weakly offers, then begs: "Don't say nothin'!" By the end of the episode, he's checked into a motel with a gun, looking suicidal.

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This season, Vito has hung around the hospital while Tony Soprano was recovering from a gunshot wound, trying to ingratiate himself with Tony's wife while plotting with Paulie Walnuts to grab her cut of a big score. And he's chomped on carrots while prattling on about all the weight he's losing. (In real life, he's down to 260 from a high of 400 pounds.) Now that the gay story line is heating up, the 47-year-old Brooklyn-born actor is immensely pleased, in part because it was his idea to make Vito homosexual.

"I saw him as, like, a cross between Mike Tyson and Liberace," Gannascoli said in an interview at his home. "I wanted to make him sort of in self-denial, self-loathing, a real gay hater."

Gannascoli's suggestion was inspired by the book "Murder Machine," about the Gambino family, which had an openly gay member also named Vito. "They didn't bother him about it, because I guess he was good at what he did, which was chopping up bodies," Gannascoli said.

"I thought that was a way of separating myself from the other actors, because I would have been in the background most of the time," he said.



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He's got a point with the last part there - to be honest, there seems to be too many characters on "THe Sopranos" that sometimes can cause me to lose interest. But he'll definately stand out from the pact because of this storyline arc. Should be interesting watching

[LostinVA]

3. Interesting!

[GalleryGod]

4. IRL Joe's a great guy! (Wedding Reception Pic)

Look who was at his Summer Wedding !?
The Usual Suspects!

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. I thought something like this might happen.

The creepy story line about him coming on to Finn was kind of hard to watch, knowing how uncomfortable it made Finn. Remember, he only asked Meadow to marry him after Vito kept making advances to him at the construction site after Finn accidentally saw Vito giving the site security guard a blowjob, and he knew the only way to play it safe was to be engaged or married to Tony's daughter. (Hey, if Finn had consented to Vito's actions, fine...but it wasn't mutual.)

I think he's killed himself, because he would be tracked down and fucked up if he ran away. He's kind of hard to miss in a crowd. :P He hasn't answered his phone in a couple of days, too, so it's likely he's done himself in.

[LynneSin]

7. Or he could be planning to go after the 2 guys that spotted him

what better way to keep the silence.

I didn't see all of season 5 - is Finn bisexual, gay but in the closet or did it just happen that Vito hit on him

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. He's not gay or bi...he got to the construction site early one

morning (just as the sun was coming up), and there was only one other car in the parking lot. The site security guard was apparently sitting there, and Finn said hi to him. A couple of seconds later, Vito popped up from blowing the security guard and looked directly at Finn. (Finn was working at the site at Tony's behest---Meadow had asked Tony to get Finn a summer job there.) Later, Finn was trying to avoid Vito at all costs, but Vito kept following him around and making suggestions. Right after that, Finn went home and asked Meadow to marry him, knowing Vito couldn't mess with him since he was engaged to Tony's daughter. Vito kept on, though.

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. One more thing...

...I hadn't thought about Vito going after the two guys, but that's definitely a possibility. I guess we'll see soon enough!

[Jokerman]

10. I expected Vito to follow them out of the club

and kill them then & there. Once they've told their story the damage is done.

I think Vito shot himself in the hotel room and just hasn't been found yet.

[NewWaveChick1981]

6. Sorry, dupe post..