Now, the actress is starring in the prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark.
It just didn’t go how she’d hoped it would.
I didn’t know if I killed it or they were lukewarm.

Vera Farmiga auditioned for the role of Valentina La Paz on ‘The Sopranos,’ but show creator David Chase cast Leslie Bega instead.Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros.; HBO
I couldn’t discern it."
Chase had lived up to his reputation for being “inscrutable.”
The actress would realize shortly after that she did not in fact kill it.
“It just wasn’t my time.
Or maybe I sucked, I don’t know,” she said.
“God, even then it was regarded as the best TV show.
Getting the role, Jesus, that would have been something.”
The Many Saints of Newarkpremieres Oct. 1 in theaters and on HBO Max.