Originally Posted By: Don Cardi


Enzo, don't care if he had three lines in the movie. The part was totally miscast as far as I am concerned. And Hamilton, with his "hollywood" tan did a God awful job playing the part.
Keep in mind that this part was supposed to be a 'replacement' part for the Tom Hagen character. They could have done much better than casting Hamilton for a part like that.

When they cast the part of Frank Pentangeli in GFII, that character was a 'replacement' for the Clemenza character. They did a great job casting Gazzo for that part. He was almost as likeable, if not more likeable, than the Clemenza character.

The same cannot be said for the part of Hamilton.


And what's with everyone rolling the eyes here in the last few posts? Maybe it's time for you all to go and have your eyes checked.

Don Cardi


Actually I think FFC knew what he was doing when he tapped Hamilton for the character -- he wanted somebody with an image of being an airhead pretty-boy to play the B.J. Harrison character, as he had done with Troy Hamilton playing Merle Johnson in GF II -- because he wanted to make the point that rather than going with a trusted, experienced guy who really knew what was going on, as he had with Tom Hagen, Michael was now entrusting the family's "legitimate" legal business to a guy who was all image, no substance.

My own feeling is they simply should have recast the part of Tom Hagen, if they couldn't re-sign Duvall to do it -- signed Michael Moriarity or I suppose maybe Ed Harris to play it (although Harris would have been too young). Gene Hackman could have carried it off too, although he probably would have wanted more money than Duvall to do it.

Last edited by EnzoBaker; 12/05/06 03:08 AM.
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