Who was the inspiration for Vito Corleone?

Re: Who was the inspiration for Vito Corleone? [Re: Devroy_Jones] #782334 06/06/14 07:53 AM 06/06/14 07:53 AM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 57 FunnyHow Goodfella
FunnyHow Goodfella Button Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 57	I heard Marlon Brando studied Frank Costello's voice to use in the film. Also, wasn't Costello against the drug trade? Maybe that was connected to Vito being against drugs as well...

Re: Who was the inspiration for Vito Corleone? [Re: FunnyHow] #782581 06/07/14 11:54 AM 06/07/14 11:54 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,694 AZ Turnbull
Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,694 AZ	Costello's arch-enemy, Vito Genovese, who engineered Costello's retirement with a botched hit, was strongly behind drugs. Some accounts have it that the abortive 1957 Apalachin meeting was called, in part, by Genovese to bless drug-trafficking. Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

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