United Kingdom, Aug. 24 -- Jerry Adler feared his career was coming to an end before his acting comeback.

The Sopranos actor died at the age of 96, it emerged on Saturday (23.08.25), and an interview has since resurfaced in which he admitted he thought he was headed for retirement years before his passing.

He told The New York Times in 1992: "I was really getting into the twilight of a mediocre career."

But the retirement he was contemplating was put on hold when Donna Isaacson, the casting director for The Public Eye and a long-time friend of one of Jerry's daughters, invited him to audition for the movie starring Joe Pesci and Barbara Hershey.

He landed a lead role in the 1992 crime thriller film, produced by Sue Baden-Powell and wr...