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Al Pacino Recalls How He “Didn’t Get Fired” From ‘The Godfather’: “Paramount Didn’t Want Me”
In his new memoir 'Sonny Boy', Al Pacino reflected on his breakthrough role in Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Godfather' (1972).
In his new memoir Sonny Boy, which is now available, the Academy Award winner recalled Paramount “questioning whether I was the right actor” to play Michael Corleone in the feature adaptation of Mario Puzo’s book and how he was ultimately able to prove himself. Although Pacino admittedly thought Coppola had “gone too far” in campaigning for him, the actor recalled the “unpleasant feeling” of walking into the audition room and realizing he wasn’t the only one up for the part. Although Pacino is unsure whether Coppola did it “deliberately,” the director “did move up the filming of the Italian restaurant scene, where the untested Michael comes to take his revenge on Sollozzo and McCluskey.
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