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- Al Pacino was 31 when he played Michael Corleone in The Godfather, but the character was only 25. In The Godfather Part III, Pacino was 49 while the character, Michael Corleone, was 59 years old.
screenrant.com › how-old-al-pacino-godfather-age-michael-corleoneHow Old Al Pacino Was During Every Godfather Movie - Screen Rant
Mar 9, 2022 · Pacino spoke further about getting hired for and making “The Godfather,” the weight of its legacy and why he never played another film character like Michael Corleone after it.
- 10 Executives Were Considering Replacing Pacino Until This Scene
- 9 Family Dinners Were Pivotal
- 8 His Teacher
- 7 Who screen Tested For Michael Originally
- 6 He Had His Jaw Literally Wired Shut
- 5 Winona Ryder Was Supposed to Play His Daughter
- 4 The Boycott Heard Around The World
- 3 Michael Corleone’s Son Anthony
- 2 Prank Wars
- 1 The More Violence, The Better
When Pacino was cast in the first movie, he wasn't exactly the most known star in the film and was still a fairly young, and green, actor. While Pacino had beat out other seasoned actors like Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, and Jack Nicholsonto play Michael Corleone, executives weren't exactly thrilled with his performance early on. Thank goodness t...
When it comes to family dinners and large families, we all know that they can be a must in the real world. They were also a must in The Godfather for Pacino and all the other actors involved. Director Francis Ford Coppola actually held improvisational rehearsal sessionsthat only had the main cast sitting down, while in character, for a family meal....
Everyone has that one teacher in their lives - the one who impacted them in a transforming way. For Al Pacino, that was Lee Strasberg at the renowned Actors Studio (yes, he needed acting school, just like these actors) in New York City. Not only did he become Pacino's mentor, he also aided him on the set of The Godfather Part II. Related: Keira Kni...
Talk about a twist... While there were a great deal of huge names who auditioned for the role of Michael Corleone, there was one actor who auditioned for Michael, but managed to land another iconic character in the film - James Caan, who played the tragic Sonny, actually screen-tested for Michael.
Pacino is a true-blood, hardcore actor when it comes to method acting. He actually went so far as to having his own jaw wired shutafter Michael was punched in the face during the first movie. He wanted to make sure he nailed the scene and wanted the audience to believe his jaw really was injured.
Okay, so The Godfather: Part III definitely wasn't the most popular film of the franchise, but nevertheless, it was still part of its history. In the film, it was director Francis Ford Coppola's daughter Sofia who played the role of Mary, Michael's daughter. Originally, the role was supposed to go to Winona Ryder, who had a nervous collapse and sud...
Al Pacino was nominated for his role as Michael at the 45th Academy Awards in the Best Supporting Actor category, but he didn't actually go to the ceremony despite it being his first nomination ever. He felt that he should have been nominated in the Best Actor category, even though that nomination, and win, went to Marlon Brando, who refused to acc...
It happens: sometimes, when an actor is hired, especially those youngsters under a certain age, directors and other cast members can hit a few snags when it comes to filming. This happened to be the case with Michael's son, Anthony in the first film. The 3-year-old actor who was hired to play the cute little toddler would only respond to his actual...
There are some films that are famous for having prank wars going on behind the scenes - we just never expected that The Godfather would be one of them. Apparently all the actors on the set, including Pacino, played pranks on each other, but it was Brando who won the war in this overall battle.
We wouldn't really recognize the entire plot of the movie, or Michael's character specifically, without all the violence that went into the movies - or really the first movie in general. Turns out, Paramount wasn't sure if the film would be a hit or not, so they asked Coppola for more violence in the movie. That's right - the more blood, the better...
May 12, 2022 · By John Orquiola. Published May 12, 2022. Link copied to clipboard. Warning: SPOILERS for The Offer Episode 5 - "Kiss The Ring" It's hard to imagine anyone but Al Pacino playing Michael Corleone but The Offer shows why his casting as the lead in The Godfather was so controversial.
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- Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone. The patriarch of the Corleone family, Vito Andolini first came to America from his homeland of Corleone, Sicily, at the age of 10 years old.
- Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. The youngest son of the Corleone family and a veteran of WWII, Michael would become the eventual successor to his father Vito.
- James Caan as Sonny Corleone. Vito’s eldest son Sonny also had the fieriest temperament and quickest trigger finger. His time as the underboss of the Corleone crime family often led to rash and impulsive decisions that eventuated in his own bombastic death, one of the greatest in cinema history.
- Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. Adopted by the Corleone family at a young age, Tom Hagen would go on to become the family lawyer and consigliere to Don Vito, often straddling the line between the family’s legitimate and criminal business worlds.
Mar 17, 2022 · Pacino has been offering some insights into the making of The Godfather and how he feels about it in his eighth decade. The Greatness of The Godfather Speaking to The New York Times , Pacino reveals how honored he is to have taken part in such an iconic picture.
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film [2] directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title.
Don Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando) is the aging Godfather of a mafia family. He has three sons - Sonny (James Caan), Fredo (John Cazale) and Michael (Al Pacino). Sonny is his natural successor but is impulsive, short-tempered and not much of a thinker. Fredo is overly passive.
