“I’m not going to glorify the Mafia”: Marlon Brando Had to Sign $1M Bond to Play Vito Corleone After ‘The Godfather’ Author Was Horrified With Studio’s Casting Choice
“What is this, the Carpetbaggers?”: The Godfather Director Francis Ford Coppola Hated Mario Puzo’s Original Novel That Nearly Made Him Refuse to Make Marlon Brando Starrer Epic
“I got only about 50 pages into it”: Francis Ford Coppola Nearly Refused to Make $291M The Godfather After Finding Original Novel ‘Cheap and Sensational’ as Movie Turns 51 Years
