Ray liotta the sopranos, Just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in - almost.Ray Liotta said he was offered a part on the HBO mob drama ``The Sopranos,'' but he turned it down because he wanted to focus on movies.
Liotta knows a little something about the mob, having co-starred as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film ``Goodfellas.'' Taking the part would have reunited him with Lorraine Bracco, who plays Dr. Melfi on ``The Sopranos'' and played his wife in the film.
``It was for a two-year commitment and I didn't really want to give up that time now,'' Liotta said Wednesday on NBC's ``Today'' show. ``I would love to do a guest spot on there, do a couple of episodes. Having done `Goodfellas,' it's definitely a genre I'm familiar with.''
The 45-year-old actor has enough going on these days, co-starring in the comedy ``Heartbreakers,'' which opens March 23, and ``Blow,'' a drug trafficking drama that opens April 6. He also plays a Justice Department sleaze in ``Hannibal,'' which has grossed more than $151 million in the past five weeks.
