On the “Bossticks” podcast<\/a>, Shahi said that her kiss with Gandolfini was “one of the best” kisses she’s ever had.<\/p>\n “We had this scene where he was so hot and \u2026 I remember thinking to myself, ‘How am I going to get turned on by this 47-year-old large, balding man?’ There\u2019s nothing \u2026 how is this going to work for me? Oh boy, did it work for me!” the actress began.<\/p>\n Sarah Shahi said her kiss with James Gandolfini in “The Sopranos” was one of the best she’s ever had. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Shahi, who appeared briefly on “The Sopranos,” went on to detail the scene where the actors took mushrooms before she sat on his lap and kissed him.<\/p>\n JENNIFER GREY SMOKED ‘A LOT OF WEED’ BEFORE SEX SCENE WITH PATRICK SWAYZE IN ‘RED DAWN’<\/a><\/p>\n “Oh boy, did it work for me!”<\/p>\n \u2014 Sarah Shahi<\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know if you remember the scene. And he\u2019s a very method actor. So, he wanted props. I think they actually had dehydrated mushrooms, and he wanted them to put pepper on them or a lot of spice or just something, so when you put it in your mouth, there\u2019s some kind of a reaction,” Shahi said.<\/p>\n Sarah Shahi at the “Paradise” season 2 premiere. (Lisa O’Connor\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n She continued, “There\u2019s a scene where I\u2019m sitting on his lap, and we\u2019re taking these mushrooms, and then we have to kiss and when they called \u2018cut,\u2019 we were still kissing \u2026 we were still kissing.”<\/p>\n Shahi said they had to film the scene three or four times and every time production yelled “cut!,” the pair were “still f\u2013—g making out.”<\/p>\n James Gandolfini, as Tony Soprano, smokes a cigar while standing in a pool in a publicity still for the HBO series “The Sopranos” in 1999. (Anthony Neste\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n Shahi starred as Sonya Aragon in the hit HBO drama<\/a>, a stripper and young college student who was the mistress of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). Shahi appeared on season 6 in 2007.<\/p>\n James Gandolfini and Michael Imperioli appear in a scene from the TV series “The Sopranos.” (Anthony Neste\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Gandolfini died unexpectedly on June 19, 2013, while vacationing in Rome, Italy<\/a>. He was 51 years old. An autopsy later confirmed that he died of a heart attack.<\/p>\n![\"Sarah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sarah-james.jpeg\")
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