Jack Nicholson could've starred in arguably the best mafia movie, The Godfather, but it turns out there's a good reason he didn't.
The Big Picture What else can you say about The Godfather? As it turns out, there's an added twist you may not have known about concerning one of the lead roles in the quintessential mob movie made in 1972. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and adapted from Mario Puzo's unmatched source material novel, it became the gold standard for not only movies about crime families but motion pictures in general.
Al Pacino Was Iconic as Michael Corleone There is a perfect reason that the axiomatic adage "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is still around. Al Pacino and The Godfather are absolutely synonymous with each other. The actor playing the youngest Corleone son, Michael, was a star turn, and we can't imagine anyone else in the role that made him a true household name.
Pacino, who was constantly in fear that Coppola would fire the then-unknown star, made us believe that he was in over his head and should leave the family business to his father Vito , Sonny, Fredo and the family consigliere Tom Hagen . Just typing all those names as a part of one movie is so satisfying. The level of cinematic goodness in this film is off the charts, and Pacino as the Navy brat turned mafia don is arguably the bell cow of the bunch.
We Can Still Imagine Jack Nicholson as Michael Corleone Just because Nicholson ended up passing on the part doesn't mean we can't enjoy the thought and images of him in the part of Navy kid turned murderous head of a powerful New York mob family. Take the line we mentioned earlier: "It's just business, Sonny." We can hear Jack saying the same line with a much heavier emphasis on the "bizzzness" part of the line.
Jack Nicholson Would've Killed Michael's Most Remembered Line We've already mentioned a couple of Michael's most famous lines from The Godfather, but try for a moment to hear Jack's mellifluous and unmistakable dulcet delivering what is the character's best and most well-known line, "My father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract," as he is sitting with Kay during sister Connie and Carlo's wedding near the beginning...
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