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15 Things You Can’t Refuse to Read About ‘The Godfather’

7. It Was All About Realism

More than once during filming, Coppola used his actor’s real-life nerves to get the best performance possible. In the opening scene, when Don Corleone greets the towering Luca Brasi, actor Lenny Montana was so nervous about acting opposite Marlon Brando that he flubbed his lines, a take Coppola eventually used.

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In addition, the young actor who played Enzo was so nervous that he was shaking uncontrollably while filming the interaction between Michael and the police outside the hospital. Coppola made use of that, too.


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