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Al Pacino Nearly Broke His Ankle on ‘The Godfather’ Set and Felt Relieved It Might Get Him Fired: ‘Oh God, You’re Saving Me’
Al Pacino suffered an ankle injury on the set of 'The Godfather,' and admits he felt relieved that it might get him fired.
Al Pacino suffered an ankle injury on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s “ The Godfather,” and admits in his new memoir to feeling relieved that it might get him fired. In a new excerpt from the book — titled “Sonny Boy” — via The Guardian, Pacino writes that a rumor started to spread around set that he was going to be “let go.” “There was a discomfort among people, even the crew, when I was working. Luckily, a key scene — where Michael enacts revenge against Sollozzo and McCluskey in an Italian restaurant — was moved up on the filming schedule.
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