Video: Al Pacino - 79: What Even The Most Loyal Fans Don't Know About The Legendary Actor
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April 25 marks the 79th anniversary of the famous American actor, director, producer Al Pacino. In the 1970s. he was one of the most recognizable and popular American actors in the world after his role as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. In the 1980s, he disappeared from the screens for almost 10 years, and in the 1990s he triumphantly returned to the cinema with the film "The Smell of a Woman". What was the reason for the long creative pause, why he earned the nickname of the Devil and the main bachelor of Hollywood - further in the review.
Probably, the role of the "bad guy" was formed in his youth, long before he came to the acting profession. Alfredo James Pacino was born and raised in a poor family in a dysfunctional New York City crime district. When he was 2 years old, his parents divorced. He told about his childhood: "".
Dreams of an acting profession came to him after the very first visits to the cinema, where his mother worked as a usher, and after he saw Chekhov's "The Seagull" on the stage at the age of 14, these dreams grew into conviction. "", - admitted later Al Pacino. When he told his mother about his desire to become an actor, she was indignant: they say, this is an occupation for the rich, and he should choose a more serious profession and start feeding his family. Because of this conflict, he left home early, from the age of 16 spending the night with friends or in the theater. And when he was 22 years old, his mother died. At that time, they had not communicated for several years. "", - he said later.
His acting career began with cameo roles in the theater, and after graduating from "Actor's Studio" by Lee Strasberg, he began acting in films. In the 1970s. Al Pacino became an internationally renowned actor after starring in Francis Ford Coppola's cult crime drama The Godfather. At first, the producers did not believe in his success. At that time, he was a young, still unknown actor, in whose creative baggage there were only 3 films. Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty claimed the role, but after the director first saw Al Pacino on the set, all doubts disappeared. "" - said Coppola. The role of Michael Corleone, according to Al Pacino, became the most difficult in his acting biography: "".
After his triumph in the 1970s. in the next decade, Al Pacino suddenly disappeared from the screens. In the 1980s. he played in only 5 films, one of which ("Revolution") was nominated four times for the "Golden Raspberry" - an anti-award given for the most dubious achievements in cinema. As it became known later, at this time he experienced a serious personal crisis and began to abuse alcohol. To get rid of this addiction, he even had to go to a specialized clinic.
He himself did not hide the fact that he had bad habits. The actor admitted: "". In the 1990s, he gave up alcohol and quit smoking, and soon returned to the screens in triumph. And in 1992, Al Pacino won the Oscar for Best Actor in Scent of a Woman. Prior to that, he was nominated 7 times, and this award was a long-awaited recognition of his merits.
The actor has never been married, although the fame of a heartthrob has stuck to him. Out of wedlock, he had three children, and in adulthood, Al Pacino said: "". All his life he was called the main bachelor of Hollywood - quarrelsome, aggressive and hot-tempered, but enjoying constant success with women. For his unbearable character, and later for his "inhumanly talented game", Al Pacino earned the nickname of the Devil, about which he himself said: "". Therefore, in the film "Devil's Advocate" no one could have imagined anyone but Al Pacino.
Al Pacino often had to listen to criticism in his address - he himself did not hide the fact that in some films he starred only for money, and some of them failed at the box office and collected thousands of angry reviews. Today he already calmly reacts to criticism and does not try to convince anyone. "" - says the actor.
There are many interesting moments behind the scenes of this cult film: 15 Little-Known Facts About The Godfather Crime Drama.
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