What roles would he have been good in…?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — John Cazale
kenneymljken — 15 years ago(July 21, 2010 08:19 AM)
Had he lived I think he would have been good as Joey LaMotta in "Raging Bull," although Joey was the younger brother and Cazale was older than De Niro. Still, I think it would have been a good pairing since the two actors had worked together before and I think he would have been terrific under Scorsese's direction.
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littledarkpoet11 — 14 years ago(May 25, 2011 02:08 AM)
No disrespect to the actors who played these roles as they delievered favorite performances of mine but:
"Ratso" Rizzo in
Midnight Cowboy
Norman Bates in
Psycho
You're gonna be bad for business I can tell. -
Edward_de_Vere — 13 years ago(February 01, 2013 03:56 PM)
John Cazale's specialty seemed to be playing sad sacks and losers, i.e. Fredo in
The Godfather
and its sequel, Stan in
The Deer Hunter
, Sal in
Dog Day Afternoon
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Chances are, had Cazale lived longer, he would have continued to be typecast in those types of roles. -
Darthmauler_megaa — 12 years ago(March 07, 2014 08:15 AM)
Totally random I was watching Al Pacino's "S1m0ne" the other day for the first time in years. And it just jumped out at me I could totally see John playing the Hank Aleno part (the guy who creates S1m0ne). It just instantly reminded me of one of his hard luck '70s characters. I almost wonder if it was intentional, it was so uncanny.
"Can it be that they are mad themselves who call me mad?"