Francis Ford Coppola apologized for making one of the greatest movies of all time.
85 year old Oscar winning director told Washington Post Said in an interview published on Monday that he is guilty of A never-ending number of sequels In Hollywood, since he directed “The Godfather Part II” in 1974.
Coppola said, “So I’m the idiot who started numbers in movies.” “I am embarrassed and I apologize to everyone.”
Coppola recalled this after the success of 1972’s “The Godfather” Paramount Pictures was insisting on him making another film. But Coppola did not want this, so he made specific demands of the studio that he felt would prevent a sequel from being made.
film producer Paramount asked for $1 million (a huge sum at the time) and suggested they name the second film “The Godfather Part II”, based on the Russian silent films “Ivan the Terrible, Part I” and “Ivan the Terrible”. “Inspired by. Part II: The Boyars’ Plot.”
Coppola said that the studio thought his ideas were “crazy”, but he agreed to make “The Godfather Part II” even after he threatened to leave the project.
“He said, basically, ‘Francis, you made Coca-Cola. Will you stop making Cola?'” Coppola recalled.
“The Godfather Part II” won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Coppola, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Coppola. mario puzoAuthor of the original “Godfather” novel.
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, and Morgan King starred in the film, which has been hailed as one of the greatest films of all time.
Coppola also made “The Godfather Part III” Which came out after 16 years in 1990.
Coppola had previously considered producing “The Godfather” franchise When was the interview in 2022 Diversity Before his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.
Coppola admitted, “I thought it would be a special failure.” “When you make a film going against what was going on at the time, films like that are difficult. You’re not doing what everyone expects or wants you to do.”
The father of three said he initially had no interest in bringing Puzo’s 1969 book to the big screen.
Coppola shared, “Mario loved his family and he wanted to take care of them, so he wrote a book that he thought would be a bestseller, but it was a bit of a dud.” The book focuses on family theme.
He said, “I analyzed that book very carefully and left out many pages, but Mario was ready for it.”
Coppola’s latest project, “Megalopolis,” It was a box office failure and was panned by critics upon its release in September. The film cost Coppola $120 million to make. And continued working for 40 years.
