Is there an alternate actuality, or galaxy far, far-off, the place Al Pacino performed Han Solo?
The “Godfather” star, 82, revealed he was provided the a part of the enduring Millennium Falcon captain within the unique 1977 “Star Wars” movie, however that he turned it down. As a substitute, the function went to Harrison Ford, launching his famed profession.
“Effectively, I turned down ‘Star Wars,’ ” Pacino advised Selection in an article revealed Thursday. “Once I first got here up, I used to be the brand new child on the block, what occurs if you first develop into well-known. It’s like, ‘Give it to Al.’ They’d give me Queen Elizabeth to play.”
He continued: “They gave me a script known as ‘Star Wars.’ … They provided me a lot cash. I don’t perceive it. I learn it. … So I mentioned I couldn’t do it. I gave Harrison Ford a profession.”
Pacino performed Michael Corleone in 1972’s “The Godfather,” 1974’s “The Godfather Half II” and 1990’s “The Godfather Half III.” He mirrored on the variations between the primary and second “Godfather” motion pictures in an interview with David Rubenstein as a part of the “Individuals Who Encourage Us” collection Wednesday.
“You see, ‘The Godfather’ is extra entertaining. ‘Godfather II’ is that this examine, this private factor for Francis (Ford Coppola),” Pacino mentioned, per The Hollywood Reporter. “’Godfather I,’ I noticed it lately, it’s at all times obtained two or three issues occurring in a scene. You’re at all times within the story, you’re going. You don’t know what’s going to occur subsequent, it’s storytelling, it’s actually storytelling at its finest. ‘Godfather II’ type of linearizes, and (it’s) type of completely different, somber, strikes slowly. But it surely’s a fantastic film, I’ve to say.”
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