New York, Feb 22 : James Gandolfini, who is known for his notorious gangster role in the sitcom `Sopranos', literally begged to land a part in Broadway play `God of Carnage'.

The multiple Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actor fell in love with God of Carnage during a performance in London, and approached producers to cast him.

"I inquired as to whether they were moving it [to New York]," the New York Daily News quoted James, as saying.