Coppola and the cast of The Godfather reunited for one evening and a double feature at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the film's 45th anniversary. 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". Studio bosses thought 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: Bangkok Post April 30, 2017 04:41 UTC