Stars, creator dish on 'The Sopranos'

Stars and writers of HBO's top series reflected on its history in two "Suppers With The Sopranos" filmed this year at an Italian restaurant in New York, along with a separate interview with creator David Chase by actor/fan Alec Baldwin, for November's DVD set. USA TODAY's Gary Levin offers highlights.

*In Season 1, producers toyed with the idea of having Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) write a book on her experiences with Tony (James Gandolfini), which would have been turned into a show-within-the-show starring Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) -- the first choice to play Tony in the show's first incarnation as a potential Fox series.

*Dominic Chianese, who played Uncle Junior, says he keeps Junior's oversized black glasses next to his home computer, by a photo of his mother. But during filming, he could never see clearly out of them, and crewmembers nicknamed ...