The famous cat of the Don Corleone of "The Godfather" wandered on set accident

Surely, many of those who watched the brilliant saga of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather", remember the famous scene where Vito Corleone gently stroking the cat during the celebration of the wedding of his daughter. This is pure improvisation - no cats in the script has not been written.

Fluffy "actress" has penetrated to the set by accident and for a while everyone hovered beneath his feet, until it was noticed for the role of Don Corleone Marlon Brando - he picked up the cat on his lap and began to play with it and ironed. All around were struck by the contrast between the frightening way Brando and his tender affection for the animal. Coppola decided to insert into the film-like scene, so the cat and got his first role.

By the way, one day, recalling that a successful idea, Coppola confessed that when Brando was stroking the cat, she purred so loud that it almost drowned out an actor, so the monologue of Don then had to completely overdubbed.



via factroom.ru