Dark Secrets The Cast Of The Sopranos Tried To Hide
Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who played Tony Soprano's precocious daughter, Meadow Soprano, harbored some dangerous health secrets during filming. She was battling an eating disorder, in the form of exercise bulimia. According to CNN, the disease worsened between shooting the pilot and HBO picking up the show. Despite seeking treatment, when "she returned to The Sopranos set to shoot the first season in the summer of 1998, she was still 35 pounds thinner than when she shot the pilot."
Sigler has since openly discussed overcoming her private struggles, telling HuffPost Live that the show's staff was instrumental in her recovery. "They were concerned, I think, for my health, but [also], they just didn't feel I was the picture of a girl that lived in an Italian household that ate pasta all the time, so they were big catalysts in me taking a step back and realizing the issue."
In January 2016, a 34-year-old Sigler told People that she had also been battling multiple sclerosis, or M.S., since the age of 20 but had hid her symptoms while filming the show. "Sometimes all I needed was like five or 10 minutes to sit and recharge but I wouldn't ask, because I didn't want them to be suspicious," she said.
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