A great actor who recently left us at the age of 82, James Caan left an indelible mark on cinema. Cited at the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Godfather for his excellent composition, he even improvised a short sequence.
The legend has just left us. James Caan died on Wednesday, July 7, at the age of 82. If he went down in history largely thanks to such powerful roles as Jonathan in Rollerball, Kathy Bates’ role as a writer killed in Trouble, or his brilliant composition with Michael Mann in Le Solitaire, his role in Sonny Corleone’s film. The first part of the Godfather saga took him into orbit. The performance was rightly hailed with an Oscar citation for Best Supporting Actor; The only one in his career, moreover, in cruel injustice.
The beautiful and especially striking Sonny Corleone, who is supposed to replace the guardian figure of Don Corleone, from whom he did not receive wisdom and his thoughtful character. The complete opposite of Michael, who takes over when Sonny is shot dead in a brutal ambush.
In a 2021 interview on Turner Classic Movies (TMC) with host Ben Mankiewicz, the actor spoke about his memories of making the film. And to say that the little scene at the beginning of the movie during the wedding where she is obsessed with breaking the FBI agent’s camera before throwing away the tickets was completely improvised by her.
“I took this camera and broke it. And I remembered that I did the same thing in my neighborhood, and I took out $20, which I threw on the street.” told him, who also admitted, surprisingly, that he was inspired by the legendary comedian, Don Rickle (the future Billy Sherbert in Casino), for his composition work on Sonny Corleone.
Here’s an improvised James Caan sequence that Francis Ford Coppola was very wise to keep in the edit. So long artist…
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