Diane Keaton says ‘nobody’ wanted Al Pacino cast in ‘The Godfather

Diane Keaton said she was in the film before Al Pacino in the 1972 classic gangster film “The Godfather.”

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Keaton was “weird” that the film was not initially planned to focus on the character of the actor that would later take on the role of mafia patriarch.

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“I had been cast before Al Pacino in ‘Godfather 1!’ Is this not weird?” asked Keaton.

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“What would ‘The Godfather’ have been without Al Pacino?” she added. “It’s just one of those weird, unusual things in life.”

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Keaton claimed she was there at the second audition of Pacino at the time when the producers “gave him the job.”

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Keaton claimed she was there at the second audition of Pacino at the time when the producers “gave him the job.”

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Diane Keaton says ‘nobody’ wanted Al Pacino cast in ‘The Godfather

Diane Keaton said she was in the film before Al Pacino in the 1972 classic gangster film “The Godfather.”

Keaton was “weird” that the film was not initially planned to focus on the character of the actor that would later take on the role of mafia patriarch.

“I had been cast before Al Pacino in ‘Godfather 1!’ Is this not weird?” asked Keaton.

“What would ‘The Godfather’ have been without Al Pacino?” she added. “It’s just one of those weird, unusual things in life.”

Keaton claimed she was there at the second audition of Pacino at the time when the producers “gave him the job.”

Keaton claimed she was there at the second audition of Pacino at the time when the producers “gave him the job.”

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