History Photographed on Instagram: "For the 1972 film The Godfather, both Al Pacino and Robert De Niro auditioned for roles, with director Francis Ford Coppola famously fighting the studio to cast Pacino as Michael Corleone. ⁠ ⁠ De Niro, who was ultimately not cast, impressed Coppola enough during his screen tests that he was later cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, winning an Oscar for the role.⁠ ⁠ Credit: PRZ ARCHIVES"

cineatomy on Instagram: "A brilliantly understated performance 🕊️🎬 In The Godfather trilogy, Diane Keaton’s Kay Adams-Corleone stands as the moral pulse of a world built on corruption and silence. Introduced as Michael Corleone’s bright, idealistic girlfriend, Kay is the one character who doesn’t belong - a schoolteacher from New Hampshire suddenly caught in the orbit of an empire ruled by loyalty, blood, and fear. Keaton played the role with remarkable restraint, charting Kay’s transformation