The actor who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Al Pacino, tells an unpublished story to date.
Al Pacino has revealed the exact moment in which he knew that The Godfather it was going to be a great movie. A historical film. The film of Francis Ford Coppola saw the light in 1972. Interestingly, it was a success both by critics and by viewers. A curiosity that remains to this day, as we have been able to live in batman. For a time, the film held the record for being the highest-grossing film in history. It was an earlier time, Marvel Studios and without starwars. Without so many franchises. Now we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the film and unpublished anecdotes are being recalled.
The day Coppola cried because the funeral did not go as expected
In an interview given to New York TimesAl Pacino has recalled his experience filming The Godfather. The prestigious actor has revealed the moment when, during the filming of the film, he realized that this would be truly great. It was the day they filmed the funeral of Vito Corleonethe great character of Marlon Brando. He remembers that he was on his way to his dressing room when he discovered Francis Ford Coppola crying. Why? What was happening? Pacino thought it had been a great day of filming. Therefore, he directly asked the director what was wrong. The filmmaker replied that he had been denied the opportunity to film the funeral sequence again.
This is how Al Pacino recalled the unpublished anecdote of The Godfather: «Do you remember the scene of Marlon Brando’s funeral? It was over for the night. The sun was already setting. I was happy that I could go home and have a few drinks. I was on my way to the dressing room and I felt that he had done a pretty good job. He had no more obligations, you know? A day without pending work is a good day. So I went back to my trailer and… There, sitting on a tombstone, I found Francis Ford Coppola. He was crying like a baby. Crying a lot. I went up to him and asked him what was going on, what had happened. He told me that they were not going to give him another chance, that they would not let him film another sequence of the funeral. So I thought he was in front of a great movie, because he had a real kind of passion.«.