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Re: Clemenza in GFII
[Re: Danito]
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07/28/11 10:58 AM
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When Castellano finally said no, Coppolla wrote in his letter: "I wrote the part for you but now I'm forced to change his name to Willie Cicci. ... and just anoter actor play it. He will arrive in the first scene, be introduced as an old time affiliateof Don Corleone's in Brooklyn... and the role will wiork exactly as it did for Clemenza. Out of respect for you, I will not call him Clemenza. (...)" This tells me, that the basic storyline hasn't changed so much, especially the betrayal. However, they changed Cicci, and called the guy Pentangeli. There were many iterations of the plot of GFII. Some were in old screenplays which have found their way to the web, others actually left traces in the completed film ("Michael Corleone says hello," Questedt in Cuba). I wouldn't extrapolate too much from a letter written very early in the process.
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Re: Clemenza in GFII
[Re: olivant]
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08/01/11 08:27 PM
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He definitely deserves plenty of praise. He reminds me of mybrother who was a bit of a hood. Many probably forget that he kind of reprised his GF role in Rocky. Actually he was more of self employed loan shark in Rocky.
Last edited by johnny ola; 08/01/11 08:31 PM.
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Re: Clemenza in GFII
[Re: dontomasso]
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10/07/11 11:15 AM
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I think Clemenza betraying Mike would have worked just as it did with Franky. But it may have been overkill to have Clemenza and Fredo betraying him at the same time.
It worked out perfectly, in the end.
Last edited by DeathByClotheshanger; 10/07/11 11:18 AM.
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