The legendary 1988 role Al Pacino wished he hadn't turned down
Pacino said the role went to Bruce Willis, who earned a $5 million payday and turned John McClane into an action franchise icon.
3 Articles
3 Articles
By Al Pacino's own account, in the spring of 1971 Paramount executives tried three separate times to fire him from The Godfather during shooting, until Francis Ford Coppola shot the restaurant scene where Michael becomes a killer, and the studio saw what his restrained performance had been building toward
By the time Al Pacino had been on The Godfather set for barely a week and a half in early 1971, Francis Ford Coppola had already pulled him aside to deliver the studio’s verdict on the footage: the performance was not working. Pacino has since described the moment as the point at which he understood his job was genuinely at risk. By his own account, Paramount tried to remove him from the role three separate times. The studio had never wanted him…
One of the best films of all time is undoubtedly The godfather of Francis Ford Coppola, which premiered in 1972. A brilliant film that managed to become a complete success of criticism and that launched to the olympus of the great actors Al Pacino who played the role of the mafioso Michael Corleone at only 29 years old. The curious thing is that according to the confession of the actor in Sonny Boy a few memories that have just been published in…
The legendary 1988 role Al Pacino wished he hadn't turned down
Having given several of the most legendary performances in modern cinema, you’d think that Al Pacino wouldn’t be left too distraught by the ones he didn’t get to give. After all, he’s The Godfather‘s Michael Corleone, Heat‘s Vincent Hanna, Dog Day Afternoon‘s Sonny Wortzik, Scarface‘s Tony Montana, and the title character in Serpico, to name just a handful. Even when the movies aren’t great, Pacino still knows how to leave an indelible impressio…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
