(10/02) Stage: Appeared (as "Arturo Ui") in "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, Manhattan, NY.
Al Pacino was rejected repeatedly by studio heads and frequently referred to as "that midget Pacino" by producers of El padrino (1972) who did not want him for the role of Michael Corleone in El padrino (1972), but Francis Ford Coppola fought for him. This film was shot briskly because both the director and the leading actor were in constant fear of being fired. Ironically, this turned out to be a breakthrough for both.
