The director and cast of "The Godfather" reminisced on Saturday in a 45th anniversary reunion in New York about the trials, perseverance and inspiration that resulted in the Oscar-winning Mafia movies. Coppola recalled that Hollywood studio Paramount wanted to set the movie in the 1970s and make something "cheap and quick." Coppola was almost fired several times and met stiff resistance to the casting of both Pacino as Michael Corleone and Brando as the titular Godfather. Studio bosses though he was too short and wanted to cast Robert Redford or Ryan O'Neal. Pacino said he originally wanted the part of the hot-headed son, Sonny, and thought Coppola "was really nuts" about wanting him to play Michael.

Source: bd News24 April 30, 2017 08:03 UTC