Furio Giunta Furio Giunta Furio Giunta, played by Federico Castelluccio, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos". He is an Italian mobster working for Tony Soprano. Eventually, he has to return to Italy after a flirtation with Tony's wife Carmela. Furio has long hair, which he usually wears in a ponytail, and a penchant for elaborate, flashy silk shirts. Tony meets Furio on a visit to Naples for business discussions with the Neapolitan Camorra mob boss Annalisa Zucca. He convinces her to let Furio come to New Jersey to work for him as part of an international car
The Sopranos after casting director Susan Fitzgerald saw a short clip of his performance in the 1993 film "True Romance". Lorraine Bracco, who had played the role of mob wife Karen Hill in "Goodfellas", was originally asked to play the role of Carmela Soprano. She took the role of Dr. Jennifer Melfi instead because she wanted to try something different and felt the part of the highly educated Dr. Melfi would be more of a challenge for her. Tony Sirico, who has a criminal background, signed on to play Paulie Walnuts as long as his character was not to be a "rat".