Al Pacino reveals original ‘Godfather Part III’ ending that he “loved”

The star called the original plan a "phenomenal ending" Al Pacino has opened up about the original ending to The Godfather Part III that he “loved”. The third part in the classic trilogy was released in 1990, and concludes with Michael Corleone’s (Pacino) daughter Mary (Sofia Coppola) getting killed in an assassination attempt on his life. The film then ends years later with Michael dying of old age.

In his recent book Sonny Boy , Pacino revealed the original ending panned out slightly differently, with his character meeting his end in the assassination attempt. “At the film’s conclusion, Michael would get assassinated on the stairs of the church,” he explained. “He rolls down the steps and comes to rest on the ground at the bottom.

“Kay, his ex-wife, rushes to his side. She looks into his face and asks him, ‘Michael, are you dying? Are you going to die?’ And Michael looks up at her and he says, ‘No.’ And then he dies.

Phenomenal ending. A brilliant callback to the first Godfather , as Michael ends his life with one last lie to Kay.” Pacino went on to admit problems surfaced after actors Richard S.

Castellano and Robert Duvall refused to return as Peter Clemenza and Tom Hagen, calling it a “big miss”. “With so much of the film depending on [Duvall’s] character, none of us knew what to do without him,” he recalled. “Francis and Mario had to reconstruct the story, but they were brilliant writers and changed the whole script around.

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