James Caan and Pacino both miscast
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P.Error — 5 years ago(September 29, 2020 12:39 AM)
My brothers and I are shorter than my dad. We are 6’2 and he’s 6’4.
My cousin is shorter, he’s about 5’8 while his dad is 6’6. In face it was his sister who took the dad’s genes - she’s 5’11.
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vicky_lc2001 — 1 year ago(May 15, 2024 01:36 PM)
My father is 3 inches smaller than his father and his mom was tall too. My father was born after ww2 when my grandfather's family lost everything during the war and they were poor. There are plenty of reasons why children turn out shorter than the parents, it could be because of genes, skipping a generation or poor nutrition or something else.
And no way can Pacino be replaced, the role was tailor made for him. He fit the description in the book and no one can do a better job than he did. -
Brand New User — 5 years ago(April 22, 2020 08:21 AM)
What did you enjoy about their performances? I found Caan to be out of place in that family because of his look and his sound. He played the role like he was a Bronx hoodlum not the son of a mafia boss. Pacino just seemed too short and it was jarring.
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minkann — 4 months ago(November 07, 2025 01:52 PM)
Tommy Lucchese was only 5'1, and if you read about him, he had much in common with Michael besides his height–his steely coldness, innovative business acumen, his native intelligence, etc.
In The Godfather films, when he's in a scene with people (mostly men, because I don't recall him doing this in his scenes with the taller Diane Keaton) taller than he, Pacino does certain physical "tricks" to distract the audience so they're less likely to focus on the height differential, and to keep the audience focused on him. He cocks his head to the side, fiddles with the brim of his hat, slouches a certain way, puts his hands on his hips, hooks thumbs in his belt loops, rocks back on his heels, etc. I've noticed several other actors on the shorter side do the same thing: Robert Fuller, Frank John Hughes, Scott Caan, Robert Blake. -
MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(August 22, 2020 01:48 PM)
That's the dumbest thing I've heard on this site
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(August 22, 2020 01:49 PM)
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TaRaNRoD — 5 years ago(August 12, 2020 06:10 PM)
Nobody… I wouldn't change any single actor from the cast.
Except for The Godfather III, I could had done without Sophia Coppola. But then, again, I could had done without the movie itself.
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