The film almost starred a completely different actor as its most iconic mob boss.

Al Pacino has starred in several crime dramas in his career. One of his underrated films is now on Prime Video and is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEOPLE has an exclusive look of the iconic actors' reunion at Coppola's 50th AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony. The ceremony, ...

The studio had not wanted Pacino for the iconic role of mob bosses son Michael Corleone to begin with, preferring either Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redford or Warren Beatty. But Pacino had one thing in his ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Al Pacino could never have predicted that his performance in The Godfather would be his breakout role. Pacino, who recalls receiving the role of Michael Corleone directly ...

As a new Audible podcast revisits the creation of the 1972 classic, the film’s story waxes nostalgic: “I thought, ‘Oh no, the life I knew is now over.’” By Rebecca Keegan Senior Editor, Film I was ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It might now be his most famous movie, but Al Pacino had a rocky start ...

"His hands were full of red sauce," Pacino writes in his new memoir. "I thought, 'Is that how movie stars act? You can do anything.'" Leave the gun, take the cacciatore. After he was briefly ...

At 86, Al Pacino has delivered some of the most celebrated acting performances in American history, from Michael Corleone in The Godfather and Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon to Tony Montana in ...

Al Pacino is speaking out after the death of his The Godfather co-star and ex-girlfriend Diane Keaton. If you didn’t know, after starring together in 1972’s The Godfather, Al, 85, and the Annie Hall ...

Al Pacino felt "relief" after severely twisting his ankle while filming "The Godfather." At the time, studio executives did not think Pacino was the right fit for the role of Michael Corleone. Pacino, ...

Godfather alumni Al Pacino and Robert De Niro came together to celebrate the franchise's legendary director, Francis Ford Coppola. PEOPLE has an exclusive look of the iconic actors' reunion at Coppola ...