Michael Imperioli admitted he lied about his driving skills to land the coveted role of Christopher Moltisanti on HBO’s The Sopranos. The series, which aired from 1999 to 2007, starred the late James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.

Credit: Michael Imperioli in The Sopranos / HBO

Imperioli has played several mafia roles, but his first day on the set of the hit drama series didn’t go as well as planned. In fact, he thought he would be terminated on the spot after an accident occurred on set.

Michael Imperioli never told anyone he couldn’t drive until he crashed a car on the set of The Sopranos

One of the first scenes in which Michael Imperioli appeared in The Sopranos was with James Gandolfini. It was supposed to be a normal scene where he was driving backwards on the pavement with random people standing in the back, but…