Michael Imperioli's abusive 'Sopranos' scenes were 'brutal' to film: 'You have to go to some nasty places'

Michael Imperioli recently revealed that it was very hard on him when "The Sopranos" filmed scenes where he physically abused his wife, Adriana. The crime-drama was on air from 1999-2007.

"The most brutal, difficult stuff for me is when Christopher had to be physically abusive with Adriana, for obvious reasons," Imperioli told The Guardian. Imperioli's character was in a relationship with Adriana La Cerva (Drea de Matteo). Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.

"On a technical level, you’re trying to be really careful so you don’t hurt the person. But having to get to that point of violence toward a woman, you have to go to some nasty places to get there. Sometimes it’s very immediate. Sometimes it’s something present in your life that you can tap into. Sometimes you have to go someplace from the past. And sometimes you have to go to someplace imaginary," he continued.