Today, it's impossible to separate Marlon Brando's performance as Vito Corleone from The Godfather. This Francis Ford Coppola feature is one of the most famous and beloved pieces of American art ever ...

Fifty years back, Francis Ford Coppola was in the thick of creating his screen rendition of Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, facing serious resistance from Paramount Pictures who were set against ...

Some actors’ legacies will always be dominated by one defining role, and for Marlon Brando, it was ironically one he was never expected to have. Brando was initially a breakthrough actor in the 1950s ...

Marlon Brando’s paternal role opposite James Caan in The Godfather is one of cinema’s memorable dynamics. But did you know that wasn’t the only time Brando aspired to be Caan’s on-screen dad? Explore ...

The studio was against the casting idea at first, then they saw the tape. By Ryan Parker The role most fans associate Marlon Brando with in The Godfather almost didn’t happen because he was seen as ...

LOS ANGELES - Marlon Brando repeatedly rejected playing the role of Don Corleone in "The Godfather," telling an assistant: "It's about the Mafia. I won't glorify the Mafia," according to an article in ...