The Godfather actor selection

2021-10-13 18:31
The producer, Paramount Pictures, initially disagreed with the actors selected by director Coppola. The producer strongly opposed Brando's role as Vito Corleone and hoped that Lawrence Oliver would play the role, but Oliver was unable to play due to health problems. A director of Paramount Pictures also suggested that Danny Thomas should play Vito Corleone. Later, after Coppola’s repeated pleading, the producer finally agreed to sign a contract with Brando, but only if the pay must be far away. It's lower than before, and you must participate in the audition and sign an agreement that will never delay the progress of the shooting. In the audition, Brando defeated rival Ernest Bogning and was recognized by the upper management of Paramount.
The producers wanted to ask Robert Redford or Ryan O’Neal to play Mike, while Coppola wanted to use strange faces that looked like Italians. Coppola took a fancy to the fledgling Al Pacino, but the producer thought that Pacino, who was only 1.70 meters tall, was not suitable to play Mike. Although Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Martin Sheen and James Kane all participated in the audition, Coppola insisted on fighting for the role for Pacino, and With the threat of withdrawing from filming, the producer had no choice but to compromise in the end.
In addition to the protagonist in the film, other roles are also fiercely competitive. Bruce Dunn, Paul Newman, and Steve McQueen were the first candidates to play Tom Hagen. Anthony Perkins and Mia Farrow also participated in auditions for the roles of Sonny and Kaye respectively. Robert De Niro participated in the audition for the four roles of Michael, Sonny, Carlo and Pauly, and got the role of Pauly, but Coppola chose to use him to complete the "deal" because the producer could not determine When should Al Pacino play Mike, Pacino has already signed to star in "My Bullet Will Turn". In order to get Pacino, Coppola must trade De Niro.
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  • Chadrick 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    Even if your father is Marlon Brando and your brother is Al Pacino, as long as you are a woman, you can still be a big idiot who is pregnant and abused by her husband every day for six months until he finally kills his brother and then protects him.

  • Timothy 2022-03-24 09:01:02

    The stupid label "Men must-see" that can be seen everywhere on the Internet has made it impossible for me to view this film with a normal mind. There are countless real men who have never watched a few complete movies in their entire lives, let alone "The Godfather", but this does not affect the fact that they are real men.

The Godfather quotes

  • Don Corleone: We have known each other many years, but this is the first time you've come to me for counsel or for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is godmother to your only child. But let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship. And you feared to be in my debt.

    Bonasera: I didn't want to get into trouble.

    Don Corleone: I understand. You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, you made a good living. The police protected you and there were courts of law. So you didn't need a friend like me. Now you come and say "Don Corleone, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me "Godfather." You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do murder - for money.

    Bonasera: I ask you for justice.

    Don Corleone: That is not justice. Your daughter is alive.

    Bonasera: Let them suffer then as she suffers.

    [the Don is silent]

    Bonasera: How much shall I pay you?

    [the Don turns away dismissively, but Bonasera stays on]

    Don Corleone: Bonasera, Bonasera, what have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come to me in friendship, this scum who ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by some chance an honest man like yourself made enemies they would become my enemies. And then, they would fear you.

    Bonasera: Be my friend... Godfather.

    [the Don at first shrugs, but upon hearing the title he lifts his hand, and a humbled Bonasera kisses the ring on it]

    Don Corleone: Good.

    [He places his hand around Bonasera in a paternal gesture]

    Don Corleone: Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this justice a gift on my daughter's wedding day.

    [a gratified Bonasera offers his thanks and leaves]

    Don Corleone: [to Hagen] Give this job to Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. I mean, we're not murderers, in spite of what this undertaker thinks...

  • Connie: What's the matter, Carlo?

    Carlo Rizzi: [punk sore at the world] Shut up and set the table!

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