Originally posted by Francesca28:
Did Fredo ever drink because maybe he was upset about not being able to run the family and being percieved as someone who couldn't do it?I've always wondered if this was a possibility, seeing as when we are introduced to him, he's tipsy. I'm most likely wrong, but just a thought.
Originally posted by Turnbull:
Francesca, your point is supported in the Havana scene in II, when he and Michael go out to talk. Fredo says he needs a drink because he's "a little nervous" from the flight....he orders a banana daquiri....Later, at the Presidential Palace party, Fredo says he needs to "get me a real drink."
As Francesca says, he was pretty drunk at Connie's wedding when he meets Kay for the first time, years before Havana.
That was long before he was "stepped over", and at a time when he was still considered part of the Corleone inner circle (He
was at the Sollozzo meeting, for example). He had every reason to think at that point he would, at worst, be second in command to Sonny some day.
I think he just liked to drink, and the events as they played out simply exacerbated his problem.
