That honor was given to the established Brando, disregarding his lack of screen time.
The characters that he adapted are forever engraved in cinema history, especially Marlon Brando’s Vito Corleone.
That said, Coppola fought hard to have a name like his attached to his project.
The result of this collaboration was an instant classic that grew intoThe Godfathertrilogy that won many Oscars.
Impressively, that 40 minutes boosted him into the conversation of the best leading men to ever do it.
In comparison, Pacino has over 1 hour and 6 minutes of screen time in the film.
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Pacino was a lesser-known stage actor at the time.
Source:THR
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