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2014 Toronto Film Festival: James Gandolfini's Son Michael Honors Dad at Premiere of His Last Movie

Sopranos star died in June 2013 of a heart attack

By Marc Malkin Sep 06, 2014 2:59 AMTags
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James Gandolfini is definitely smiling from above.

The late actor's son Michael Gandolfini was on hand earlier tonight at the Toronto Film Festival premiere of his last movie The Drop.

Not only is 14-year-old Michael the spitting image of his father, but he also walked the TIFF carpet with class and grace.

"I'm just really proud of him," Michael said of his dad, who died of a heart attack in June 2013 while the two were vacationing in Italy. "He loved acting. He loved being an actor. I know how hard he worked and I love how hard he worked.

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"So I love seeing him, but at the same time it's hard," he said.

And it seems like the apple isn't falling too far from the tree. Michael said he dreams of becoming an actor or a director someday.

The Drop co-stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace.

"I was very grateful to have the privilege of working with him," Hardy told me. "He was so talented."

Director Michaël R. Roskam admitted he was going into the screening at the Princess of Wales Theatre with a heavy heart.

"It's sinking in," he said. "I'm feeling it. We're all feeling it. We were talking all yesterday about him, all night about the memories."

The Drop is in theaters on Sept. 12.

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