That "Sons of Anarchy" co-star is none other than Drea de Matteo, who made 35 appearances of her own on the show as Wendy Case. And during a 2015 Reddit AMA session, "The Sopranos" alum made clear to one saucy fan that Micheal Ornstein is nothing like his self-pleasure-crazed counterpart. "He is not weird offset, at ALL," de Matteo answered when asked if Ornstein was as off-kilter in real life as Chucky Marstein.
The actor went on to fawn over Ornstein's personal style before mentioning he's also a gifted artist when not playing Chucky in the "Sons of Anarchy" universe. As Ornstein himself told Collider, he taps into his Chucky-ness in the same way he tackles his various artistic endeavors, stating, " ... it's the same zone that I'm in when I'm in front of a canvas, or when I'm writing a story about one of my paintings, or when I'm playing music." That method paid off in spades during Ornstein's "SOA" run, with de Matteo praising the actor during her AMA for being able to sell the Chucky persona so convincingly. "He is that character when he shows up on set," she gushed, adding he was so good that creatives often asked him to dial back the Chucky-ness.
As for de Matteo's certainty about Ornstein's real-life persona, it seems she's become close with him and his family. If her admiration for the man weren't clear enough, de Matteo further claimed, "I'd have to say he's one of my favorite people in the world." And it's hard to imagine Ornstein earning such high praise if he were going full Chucky anywhere but on the set of "Sons of Anarchy".
