Michael Gandolfini makes his modelling debut in brooding cover shoot for The ...

Michael Gandolfini makes his modelling debut in brooding cover shoot for The ...
Michael Gandolfini makes his modelling debut in brooding cover shoot for The ...
Michael Gandolfini makes his modelling debut in brooding cover shoot for The Face... as he prepares to fill his late father's shoes as Tony Soprano in The Many Saints Of Newark

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He's poised to follow in his late father's prodigious footsteps by playing a youthful Tony Soprano in forthcoming crime drama The Many Saints Of Newark.

But the new film, an origin story inspired by iconic HBO show The Sopranos, took a back seat on Tuesday as Michael Gandolfini unveiled his first fashion shoot in conjunction with The Face.

The young actor, whose father James Gandolfini originally brought Tony to life, wears a distinctive velour windbreaker in bold lilac while offering the camera an indifferent stare. 

Main man: Michael Gandolfini unveiled his first fashion shoot in conjunction with The Face, little more than a month before he plays dad James Gandolfini's iconic character Tony Soprano in The Many Saints Of Newark

Main man: Michael Gandolfini unveiled his first fashion shoot in conjunction with The Face, little more than a month before he plays dad James Gandolfini's iconic character Tony Soprano in The Many Saints Of Newark

Michael, 22, joins rising stars including model Iris Law, siblings Herbie and Ray Howard and TikTok personality Bella Poarch in this month's fashion edition of The Face

The move represents another positive step in his career, with his serendipitous casting as Tony in The Many Saints Of Newark set to make him a household name when the film goes on general release on October 1st. 

Michael is set to play the younger incarnation of his dad's character, and according to the film's director Alan Taylor, 62, he even raised the subject of his late father - who died of a heart attack when he was 14 - over dinner. 

Getting involved: Michael joins rising stars including model Iris Law, siblings Herbie and Ray Howard and TikTok personality Bella Poarch in this month's fashion edition

Getting involved: Michael joins rising stars including model Iris Law,

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