Trivia / The Sopranos S 3 E 2 Proshai Livushka

• Budget-Busting Element: The producers had to deal with the fact Livia's actress died in between Season 2 and 3, so they hastily made a brief last scene between her and Tony using a Digital Headswap which cost $250,000 for about 90 seconds of altered footage (although the production company behind the effect cut the bill in half in hopes of gaining publicity). Each episode cost about $2-6 million total to make (with the budget growing larger with each season).
• First Appearance: Of Ralph Cifaretto.

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