One thing that's always puzzled me is the high billing that Bridget Fonda recieves for her role as reporter Grace Hamilton, in the credits for GF3. Her character is established as a tough reporter who is willing to go at lengths to get her story, but what's done with her? NOTHING! Oh yeah, we see her in bed with Vincent later, but technically that contradicts what little we know of the character already. (Remember where she told Vincent to get lost?) I mean, it could have been any girl there with Vincent and the scene would have worked much the same. (So how did Vincent get her? Maybe that infamous Corleone charm!)

Fonda could have been the hard-as-nails reporter, constantly shadowing Michael, trying to find out the true details behind the Immobiliare deal. (Maybe that could have been her reason for shacking up with Vinnie?) And to Michael, Fonda's character could have represented the type of enemy he's never faced before, not a wiseguy casino owner or shady businessmen, (who could easily be told to back off by Neri or another of Michael's cohorts), but a member of the national press. Okay, maybe not the most dynamic idea in the Trilogy, but there was definitely a potential for something here that would have justified the high billing Fonda recieved for the role, but Coppola blew it.