Blue Bloods’ Steve Schirripa Fulfills ‘Bucket List’ Wish With New Hallmark Role: ‘I Hope to Do More’

Steve Schirripa has gone from The Sopranos to Blue Bloods to Hallmark! The actor opened up about his new Hallmark movie, titled Sisterhood, Inc., and how it’s different from any role he’s had before.

“I’ve never did a Hallmark movie. I was offered one years ago. It was, believe it or not, a bucket list thing,” he told Us Weekly in an interview published on YouTube on Wednesday, February 12. “How many guys can go from The Sopranos to Hallmark? But I made the jump and I was very happy and I had a wonderful time.”

“We shot it up in the Albany area and it’s a Valentine’s Day kind of movie and the cast is wonderful and I really had a good time,” Steve, 67, said. “I hope to do more. I liked it.”

Sisterhood, Inc. also stars Hallmark veteran Rachael Leigh Cook and Daniella Monet as well as Leonidas Gulaptis. A trailer for the movie was released on Hallmark’s YouTube channel earlier this month.

“Corporate exec Megan starts a board of directors to improve her younger sister’s chaotic life and finds romance with a psych professor who uncovers her tough demeanor,” a synopsis of the film said on Hallmark’s website.

Steve said that the experience of working on a Hallmark movie was overall “very nice” and that it was drastically different from previous roles he has had, playing Bobby ‘Bacala’ Baccalieri on The Sopranos and Anthony Abetemarco on Blue Bloods, two very intense shows.

“No arguing, no killing, no nothing,” he reflected on the experience of working on Sisterhood, Inc. “Even on Blue Bloods, which I loved, I must’ve killed four or five people. I killed more people as a cop than I did as a mobster.”

He said he watched his fair share of Hallmark movies in the past and that it’s “a nice vibe” and a mood booster to watch them.

Just recently, Steve and the Blue Bloods cast said goodbye to the police procedural drama after its milestone season 14. His character, Anthony, helped the Reagan family crack the case on a gang war happening in New York City. The show’s final episode drew 6.68 million live+same-day viewers and cemented itself as one of CBS’ most iconic and beloved series to date. So far, no spinoffs or continuations of the show have been announced.

In a behind-the-scenes special, which aired on CBS ahead of the December 13, 2024, series finale, Steve got candid about what it was like to work with Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and the rest of the talented actors on the show.

“A lot of TV and a lot of actors, they’re not very nice,” the Secret Life of the American Teenager alum candidly told the camera during Blue Bloods: Celebrating a Family Legacy. “You can cut that out, but don’t cut it out. Alright. They’re not very nice. They’re not who you think they are. Here, they’re as nice as you think they are. It’s family and I think that’s what the audience sees and feels.”

Sisterhood, Inc. premieres on Saturday, February 22, at 8 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel.