Famed bisexual actor Christopher Walken “almost” ended up in an eight-episode recurring role on The Sopranos but missed out on it to another actor.

The Sopranos had a number of recognisable guest stars and Severance actor Christopher Walken could have been one of them as he was being considered for the role of Elliot Kupferberg, the therapist of Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), who was herself the psychiatrist of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini).

Kupferberg was played by Peter Bogdanovich instead.

While Kupferberg only appeared in eight episodes between seasons 2 and 4 of The Sopranos , many consider him to be a memorable character as he becomes increasingly interested in the salacious details of Tony’s life and later breaches doctor-patient confidentiality as a result.

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