Is Mickey Blue Eyes the precursor to The Sopranos?

[roguerower]

I'm watching the movie now and after just watching the series from top to bottom it seems that they took the entire cast of MBE and used them for the Sopranos. Pussy, Paulie, Janice, Artie...

 

[QueBert]

every Italian gangster movie has pretty much the entire Sopranos cast in it. That might be a bit exaggerated, but I've seen most of the cast in other gangster flicks. And not just one, multiple. Guess if you're Italian and look the part you'll end up in some sort of gangster flick.

 

[KLin]

Almost the entire cast has been in at least an episode of Law & Order.