Al Pacino Nearly Broke His Ankle on ‘The Godfather’ Set and Felt Relieved It Might Get Him Fired: ‘Oh God, You’re Saving Me’
variety.comEllise Shafer Al Pacino suffered an ankle injury on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather,” and he admits in his new memoir to feeling relieved that it might have gotten him fired.
At the time, the studio was still questioning whether Pacino was the right fit for mobster Michael Corleone, and the actor felt immense pressure to get it right.
In a new excerpt from the book — titled “Sonny Boy” — via The Guardian, Pacino writes that a rumor started to spread around set that he was going to be “let go.” “There was a discomfort among people, even the crew, when I was working.
I was very conscious of that,” Pacino writes. “The word was that I was going to be fired, and, likely, so was the director. Not that Francis wasn’t cutting it – I wasn’t.
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