LIVING ONSCREEN

James Gandolfini Is Unlikely Romantic Hero In ‘Enough Said’

THE BIG SCREEN BELIES every actor’s fate, and here James Gandolfini looms large in the trailer for one of his last performances in Enough Said.

Gandolfini, who died suddenly in June, stars in the romantic comedy as a divorced dad starting an awkward romance with physician therapist [Julia Louis-Dreyfus] whose new client just happens to be friends with his insufferable ex-wife. “Why do I feel like I just spent the evening with my ex-wife?,” Gandolfini’s character Albert asks his girlfriend Eva, who’s become the emotional depository for every ill feeling held by his ex.

There’s also a twinge of ironic foreboding as we watch Eva judging the overweight Gandolfini fill his mouth with fatty foods. “Do you know how many calories are in guacamole?,” Eva asks during one double date. “I’m going to get you a calorie book.”

Gandolfini died of a heart attack June 19 while touring through Italy with his family.

Directed by Nicole Holofcener, the film debuts at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.