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** In the "You can act like a man!" scene, Vito suddenly jumping, shaking and slapping Johnny Fontane was an improvisation by Brando. Fontane's surprised face was unusable and is never shown, only his back.
* [[Troubled Production]]: [[Executive Meddling|Paramount]] was not helpful to Coppola at all.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Supposedly, [[Winona Ryder]] was cast as Mary but she opted instead to film ''Mermaids''. Rebecca Schaeffer had an audition for the part of Mary scheduled for the day she was murdered.▼
** [[Robert De Niro]] was very nearly cast as Vito's driver Paulie Gatto ("Won't see him no more") in the first film, which would have precluded him from taking his [[Star-Making Role]] in the sequel.
** [[Frank Sinatra]] tried very hard to be cast as Don Corleone. This would have made Vito's conversation with Johnny Fontane one of the funniest [[Actor Allusion|Actor Allusions]] ever.
** [[Orson Welles]] lobbied heavily for the part of Don Corleone. Coppola felt so bad about turning him down that he offered him the part of Colonel Kurtz in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', but for some reason or another Welles didn't take it.
** Others considered for the Don Corleone role: [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Ernest Borgnine]], Anthony Quinn, George C. Scott, Edward G. Robinson, and [[Odd Name Out|Danny Thomas]].
** ''Part III'' was originally to be about the breakdown between Michael and Tom, however, Tom was written out when his actor, Robert Duvall, demanded to be paid the same as or marginally close to the amount that Al Pacino was getting.
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** Originally Clemenza was to return in ''Part II'' but the actor made too many demands and he was replaced with Pentangeli. Given the scenes of Clemenza bonding with Michael and {{spoiler|advising him on his first hit}} in the first film it would have made the events of the second even more tragic.
** Brando was supposed to appear in the birthday party flashback at the end of ''Part II''. But due to a dispute with Paramount he never turned up for the shoot, forcing Coppola to rewrite the scene on the spot.
** [[WTH? Casting Agency|Robert Redford and Ryan O'Neal were considered for the part of Michael Corleone]]
*** Actually not as crazy as thought, in the book Michael is described as looking rather un-Italian with fair hair.
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