James Caan Reveals He Improvised Classic 'Godfather' Moment | THR News - video Dailymotion

In a recent interview, the Oscar-nominated actor said he is holding out hope for one more great role.

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00:00James Caan is revealing this classic Godfather moment was actually improvised.

00:05In a recent interview with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz,

00:08the Oscar-nominated actor said one of Sonny Corleone's famous scenes in the iconic 1972 film,

00:15the opening wedding scene where the hot-headed Sonny broke the camera of the FBI agent

00:19and then threw some money on the ground, was in fact not scripted.

00:22He noted,

00:23I grabbed that camera and I smashed that camera.

00:26I took out 20 and I threw it on the street. I paid for it.

00:30The 81-year-old Caan also talked about how he somewhat modeled Sonny on an unexpected source,

00:35legendary comedian Don Rickles.

00:37It was having that drive, that thing, you know, I just was locked into that.

00:42As for one of his most famous later works,

00:44Caan said he initially turned down Elf on the title alone.

00:48He says, you want to do Elf? I said, can't do it.

00:52But after a long talk, Will Ferrell was able to convince him to do the beloved holiday classic.

00:57And in the closing of the interview, Caan also stressed his hope for one more great role.

01:02I can't take it easy. To me, I enjoy working. I love to work with good people.

01:07I have more fun when I'm working and I have a lot of laughs. And I get respect too, sometimes.

01:14For more on this interview, head to the article on THR.com.

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