{"id":78214,"date":"2024-01-17T20:31:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1649121"},"modified":"2024-01-17T20:31:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:31:30","slug":"jack-nicholsons-honest-explanation-for-turning-down-the-role-of-michael-corleone-in-the-godfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/17\/jack-nicholsons-honest-explanation-for-turning-down-the-role-of-michael-corleone-in-the-godfather\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Nicholson\u2019s honest explanation for turning down the role of Michael Corleone in \u2018The Godfather\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Little_Shop_Of_Horrors_Jack_Nicholson.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Actor extraordinaire <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/jack-nicholson\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jack Nicholson<\/a><\/strong>, whose best movie performance is almost impossible to determine thanks to so many outstanding ones, turned down a role in <em>The Godfather<\/em> and now, in a viral video, his explanation is being seen by millions.<\/p>\n<p>The viral 1982 video clip documents Nicholson being interviewed by Ian Johnstone for BBC television. Johnstone asks him why he turned down both <em>The Godfather<\/em> and <em>The Sting<\/em>, to which Nicholson initially responds by explaining that while he knew that both films were going to be successful, he chose two others over them, saying, \u201cI happened to think that <em>Last Detail<\/em> and <em>Chinatown<\/em> to me were the more interesting of the films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For clarity, Nicholson was offered the role of Michael Corleone in <em>The Godfather<\/em>. However, Nicholson adds a detail that may be a surprise to many; that he wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/celebrities\/he-took-the-2-million-and-ran-christopher-reeve-added-talking-smack-to-supermans-powers-with-his-fearless-takedown-of-marlon-brando\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">work with Marlon Brando<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jack Nicholson on roles he turned down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eZw5D4O7Jw\">pic.twitter.com\/eZw5D4O7Jw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/historyinmemes\/status\/1747320653206991259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Nicholson claimed about the role of Michael Corleone, \u201cI always wanted to work with Marlon and I was asked to play the lead in it and A) I felt it should be an Italian person and B) I didn\u2019t have any scenes with Marlon in the script I read.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It seems almost impossible that Michael Corleone \u2014 ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/celebrities\/al-pacino-confesses-that-he-didnt-watch-one-of-his-most-iconic-movies-for-25-years\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">played by Al Pacino<\/a>, who was born to Sicilian Italian-American parents \u2014 not to have any scenes with the Godfather himself. This was obviously changed, or perhaps it was initially slightly misunderstood in the original script. It\u2019s worth noting that Marlon Brando had no Italian ancestry.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholson did actually eventually work with Brando in the film <em>The Missouri Breaks<\/em>, which is a Western released to lukewarm reception in 1976. Since the experience of working together, Nicholson referred to Brando as a perfectionist. <\/p>\n<p>The clip of the interview was uploaded by Historic Vids on X and already has over 3 million views. However, the full BBC interview is available to watch on YouTube, and can be seen below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1982: JACK NICHOLSON on BRANDO, KUBRICK and declining THE GODFATHER | Film 82 | Movies | BBC Archive\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8ZQ3EX-jtc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The funniest part of the full interview is near the end, when the phone rings. Apparently, the interview was conducted in Nicholson\u2019s home. He quickly turns around and answers the phone with his sly voice, \u201cHello? Hi, darling,\u201d almost in a <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/movies\/jack-nicholson-believes-1989-batman-film-wouldve-made-even-more-money-if-studio-wasnt-totally-unprepared\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joker-like style<\/a>, perhaps foretelling his future role, and then the cameras keep rolling as he and his then long-time partner Anjelica Huston finalize dinner plans. 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