{"id":114609,"date":"2024-10-16T01:26:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114609"},"modified":"2024-10-16T01:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:26:46","slug":"al-pacino-says-its-fun-to-be-a-new-dad-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114609","title":{"rendered":"Al Pacino says &#8216;it&#8217;s fun&#8217; to be a new dad at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Watch: Al Pacino on near-death, The Godfather and his phone case<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Godfather has never been a godfather.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At least, he is pretty sure that is the case.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">One of the biggest film stars of all time, Al Pacino is sitting in a suite in a Beverly Hills hotel, looking surprised at the idea that this is an honour which has passed him by.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cI\u2019m not convinced, but I don\u2019t hang with people who\u2019d ask me that, I guess,&#8221; he muses. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I don\u2019t remember anybody asking me that.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">If you are Al Pacino\u2019s godchild and he has forgotten, as his character Michael Corleone famously said in The Godfather, \u201cit\u2019s not personal.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Pacino has spent a lot of time recently looking back over his life, because at the age of 84, the star of films including Dog Day Afternoon, Heat and The Irishman has written his autobiography, titled Sonny Boy, after what his mother called him.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He explains that \u201cpart of the reason\u201d he wanted to commit his life to paper was becoming a father for a fourth time last year, aged 83 &#8211; to a boy, who is now 16 months old, called Roman. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The book is a way of guaranteeing that the baby will have the opportunity to learn about his father\u2019s story.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cI want to be around for this child. And I hope I am,\u201d he shares.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cI hope I stay healthy, and he knows who his dad is, of course.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1184\/live\/d3282f40-8a69-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Noor Alfallah and Al Pacino in New York\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Noor Alfallah and Pacino&#8217;s son Roman was born in June 2023<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Pacino, who has never married, is no longer with Roman\u2019s mother, the film producer Noor Alfallah, but they are co-parenting. However, from what he says, most of his day-to-day involvement is limited to online contact.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cHe does text me from time to time,\u201d is what Pacino says about Roman.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cEverything he does is real. Everything he does is interesting to me. So, we talk. I play the harmonica with him on the other video thing, and we have made this kind of contact. So, it\u2019s fun.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Al Pacino, once again winning hearts and minds with an on-screen performance.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Friends have been contacting Al Pacino asking him why he\u2019s written a memoir, and he admits to &#8220;sort of regretting it\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Over the years he had turned down several offers but decided that now \u201cenough has happened in my life it could possibly be interesting enough for someone to read\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">What he found particularly enjoyable was looking back over his childhood, growing up in New York\u2019s South Bronx.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">And it is clear that he has no problem revisiting his biggest films.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">The Godfather<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It is more than 50 years since Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s The Godfather made Pacino famous. Its sequel, The Godfather Part II, has its 50th anniversary this December. Both films won Best Picture at the Oscars. (There was also The Godfather Part III  in 1990, which Pacino says had &#8220;problems&#8221;). <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The truth is that Pacino was almost not part of them.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At the time, things were rather different. He was literally almost made an offer he could not refuse.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/89ae\/live\/947448f0-8a6a-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Al Pacino in The Godfather movie\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Pacino in The Godfather and the scene that &#8220;saved me&#8221;<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Sitting back with a beaming smile, Pacino tells with relish the story of exactly how close he came to being sacked during the first two weeks of filming: \u201cWhen your director talks to you and says, \u2018You know, I had a lot of faith in you. What&#8217;s happening? You&#8217;re not delivering.\u2019 <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;And you hear the chirping all around. You start to feel, I don&#8217;t think I\u2019m wanted here.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The studio was putting pressure on Coppola to replace Pacino, whose performance they felt was flat. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Everything would change with the filming of one of The Godfather\u2019s most famous scenes, where his character Michael Corleone uses a gun hidden in a restaurant toilet to kill a mob boss and a crooked cop, a sequence which allowed Pacino to unleash the power in a performance which is now regarded as an all-time great.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He believes that Coppola moved the scene up the filming schedule to \u201cGet to the meat, because that\u2019s what the studio wanted to see&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;He now claims he didn\u2019t,\u201d Pacino laughs.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Either way, it changed his life.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He then shares a fascinating theory about who would have replaced him if he had been sacked.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He pauses: \u201cBob De Niro comes to mind.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This would certainly have changed film history \u2013 Robert De Niro entering the Godfather series a film early and playing Michael rather than the young Vito.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cYeah, sure. Why not?\u201d chuckles Pacino.  \u201cWell, you know, I&#8217;m not irreplaceable.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/f102\/live\/de7f2920-8a5a-11ef-bfff-fbac175bff93.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Al Pacino in the 1983 movie Scarface\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Scarface was highly quotable but the film initially underperformed upon its release<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">However, it is 1983\u2019s Scarface which seems to hold a special place in his heart.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cIt\u2019s got something. It was powerful,\u201d he beams when the ultra-violent, cocaine-fuelled gangster film is brought up, describing its rise from box office under-achiever and Razzie nominee to cult classic, as \u201ca happy story\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cIt was the hip-hop community that embraced it and were able to see the story in there,\u201d he says, pointing out that the film broke VHS sales records.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">When I put the theory to him that perhaps this is the film for which he would like to have won his Oscar, rather than his triumph a decade later for playing a blind veteran in Scent of a Woman, he replies with a \u201cYes, that\u2019s interesting\u201d, doubling down with a \u201cYeah. I would like to even have got nominated\u201d, before back-tracking slightly with a \u201cNot that I\u2019m turning my back on Scent of a Woman\u201d. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But the implication is clear.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/19a4\/live\/c9ba53a0-8a6b-11ef-a626-396c5be24127.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Pacino at the 1993 Academy Awards where he won his first and only Oscar for his performance in Scent of a Woman - he is smiling and holding the statuette aloft in one hand\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Pacino won his first and only Oscar in 1993 for his Best Actor performance in Scent of a Woman<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">The future of Hollywood<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">What also shines through throughout the interview is just how much Pacino still loves the big screen.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Despite box office ticket sales having fallen 40% in a decade, he cannot imagine a Los Angeles without cinemas.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cIt can\u2019t happen.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He pauses before repeating \u201cIt can\u2019t happen\u201d and then reeling off a list of directors (one in his 60s and two in their 80s) who he believes will keep cinema safe: \u201cThat\u2019s what Scorsese is doing. That\u2019s what Tarantino is doing. Francis Coppola is doing it.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The latter is a particularly bold choice to mention, when Coppola\u2019s current self-financed film Megalopolis is being regarded as one of the biggest box office flops of all time. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Pacino would do well to remember the classic Godfather quote: \u201cA friend should always underestimate your virtues.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">There is, however, something deeply reassuring when he sums up why he believes everything will be all right for cinema by saying: \u201cMaybe it\u2019s my age talking. Things go on and then they change, because that\u2019s who we are.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He is also very laid back when it comes to AI being used to replicate his likeness after his death: \u201cMy children will take over when I\u2019m gone, and they will take care of it. I trust them.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He will not be leaving any stipulations about what he can and cannot appear in, shrugging as he says: \u201cI don\u2019t care about that.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5aee\/live\/d602ded0-8a6f-11ef-998b-dd42f3b615a3.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Radical Entertainment Gameplay from the 2006 videogame Scarface: The World Is Yours\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Radical Entertainment<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Pacino&#8217;s likeness was used in the 2006 videogame Scarface: The World Is Yours<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Our allotted 45 minutes have turned into almost 1 hour and 20 minutes as it is clear how much he enjoys storytelling.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Highlights included his long tale of how he believes he may have died during the pandemic, after collapsing in his house.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">(\u201cPeople now think I don\u2019t believe in the afterlife because I said I saw nothing. No white tunnels. Maybe there\u2019s no afterlife for me, but maybe someone else is going somewhere, because they did what I didn\u2019t do.\u201d)<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He is also happy to talk in depth about finding out in 2011 that his bank accounts were empty.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">(\u201cI was out of money. It was gone and my accountant was in prison. I was spending $400 000 a month and didn\u2019t know it was happening. You\u2019ve got to be dumb.\u201d)<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">And when it comes to the question of what he is watching at the moment, Pacino has just blitzed the second season of Netflix\u2019s Monster, dealing with the Menendez Brothers. That morning he handwrote Javier Bardem a letter to congratulate him on his performance.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Driver are two other younger actors he really admires, while he sums up his own career with the borrowed quote: \u201cThe standouts usually have me with a gun. They say give Pacino a gun. You\u2019ve got a hit.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Oh, and he reveals that Jamie Foxx is the best chess player in Hollywood. Pacino used to play a lot, and laughs when I ask if he has ever taken on Robert De Niro. \u201cI don\u2019t even know if he knows the rules,\u201d he says.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/2b94\/live\/61befe70-8a6d-11ef-965c-d199272177a1.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Simon Cowell's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">&#8220;There are a lot of people who do, but there are a lot of people who don&#8217;t have a star&#8221;<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">One very unexpected piece of information emerges when he places his mobile on the table. His phone case is a montage of pictures of Shrek. He explains that a few years ago his youngest daughter Olivia put it on, and he\u2019s kept it there to please her.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But despite carrying Shrek around, one thing he does not want to do is provide voices for animated films: \u201cI can\u2019t do it. I\u2019ve tried.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">I put it to him that is he really saying that one of the great method actors cannot do cartoon voices? Not even, say, a panda?<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cOK, I think I can,\u201d he relents, before chortling and adding: \u201cI seriously don\u2019t want to.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Finally, as well as never having been a godfather, there is another glaring omission for Pacino\u2019s list of awards &#8211; the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As soon as the topic is brought up, he interrupts: \u201cOh, I don\u2019t have a star.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This is something he has known for a while and turns and asks his assistant Mike: \u201cIs there a mechanism for all of this? To be a star?\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cYou\u2019ve been a busy man?\u201d shouts back Mike as a way of explanation.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">And does he want one?<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cOh yeah. Sure.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At 84, Pacino is still a man with Hollywood dreams.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><i id=\"sonny-boy-by-al-pacino-is-out-now.\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">Sonny Boy by Al Pacino is out now.<!-- --><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><i id=\"a-one-hour-version-of-this-interview-will-be-broadcast-on-bbc-2-on-25-october-at-21:00-bst\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">A one-hour version of this interview will be broadcast on BBC 2 on 25 October at 21:00 BST<!-- --><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdenwk7p9z1o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: Al Pacino on near-death, The Godfather and his phone case The Godfather has never been a godfather. 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