Al Pacino met a real-life mobster as part of his research to play Michael Corleone.
The Hollywood veteran, 84, was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of soldier turned mafia don Michael in director Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972’s operatic Cosa Nostra epic ‘The Godfather’, but has told in his memoir he was virtually clueless about how to play the character until he met a genuine mafiosa at his home – where he ended up boozing and being shown a gun.
