Showtime marlon brando biography godfather

Fifty years ago, Francis Ford Coppola was on a mission to bring Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather to life, but he hit a major snag with Paramount Pictures who were dead set against casting Marlon Brando.

At 47, Brando's star power had dimmed following a string of flops and his reputation for being difficult on set. Yet, Coppola was adamant that Brando was the world's finest actor and perfect for the role.

Reflecting on the film's golden anniversary in an interview with Empire, Coppola reminisced: "I must say, Brando was wonderful to work with.

He was the kind of person you didn't talk to about acting.

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I used to communicate with him with props." He added: "If I put a prop near him, he would make use of it. He contributed so much, even in the idea of the orange peel. That scene is something, I didn't even know what he was doing."

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