Gianni Russo: I Got My Role in 'Godfather' After Mob Boss Joe Colombo Threatened Paramount (Part 9)

well at one point the Godfather book was written and then there was a word that is gonna get churned into a major film right and as they're working on the script the the head of the Colombo crime family catches wind of it and he gets involved in an injury job senior he was picketing the FBI below he didn't want the movie to be made they were doing rallies so I figured it out my ego I want to be in this movie I read the book I loved it somebody read it to me because I can't read and with that said I knew but I knew everyone the way their minds work how can they make money so they hire a guy who's still my attorney bearish logic he's still alive his son is my attorney now also and I could I go to see him at the club in Brooklyn before he came to New York they had an office and Anti Defamation the Italian anti-defamation league on Madison Avenue so I said Joe there's an opportunity to make a lot of money with this it's how we're gonna make any money I said you got your Halle Berry let Barry read the book what you don't like in the book if they take it out give them the cooperation all the unions and the neighborhoods and we'll make money now I said we will make money cuz then I had his attention is how we're gonna make money I said we're gonna ask for all the world premieres in every major city and we'll house those ticket sales will see the film in every major city before anybody else we can make $150 a ticket so I said you give me permission to go up there and ironically the Gulf and Western building whoo Gulf and Western just bought paramount is where Trump Tower is now in Columbus Circle so I only had him welcome 59th Street and I'm sitting in the lobby in the next morning and here comes Stanley Jaffe who and Bobby Evans who are the presidents they will moved here now cuz somebody blew the gates of paramount and monk in California on Melrose Avenue off the hinges they're 30 feet high and that was a warning so they all come here it was perfect timing for me I've approached a message gentlemen you have a problem in New York I think that could straighten it out then we have no problem I said I just left Joe Colombo and he won seven meeting well they were dead in their tracks they said you just left Joe Colombo I said yeah he wants me to set up a meeting so he's our wait here so I didn't know they're gonna call a cop say what upstairs in the elevator this girl Naomi cherry don't ask me how I remember these names my only cherry was Stanley Jaffee's secretary she said mr. Jaffe wants you to come up so I come up everybody's in the room now and I said I just left mr. Colombo and you'd like to work this out so they said and he'll come here I said yeah then will he come tomorrow I said don't come anytime you want he said ten o'clock that's perfect so I walked back down so I told Joe I said I got the meeting set up here's your kenan tomorrow morning ten o'clock nice but they all read the book I want you to take because I knew Laney Montana it was an ex Rance Allah he was doing collections for Joe I wanted you to take Villani but arrested Chico Oh I want you to come in with who they think you're surrounded with the mob and we went so I'm sittin dos be between me and bearish Lonnie and these guys are staying against the wall like this and I do all the talking I tell them exactly what they want to do Barry's gonna read the script what's ever offensive to them if you're willing to take it out perfect we have another meeting they have meet there well shaking hands and they're gonna do it so like so Joe what about me you see what about him I want you to take care of my boy so right away al ruddy the producer said oh no we're gonna give him a part in the movie that's excuse me he ain't gonna give me a part in this movie I just made this deal either will play Michael Sonny or Karl so they said to me and this may even be a shock even you they say to me well Michaels already been cast that's my home he said we're gonna use Jimmy Caan I said what about you know my Sonny they said Sonny is gonna be carmine Caridi he's doing a play the man for La Mancha later he should be a big guy I smell who's playing Carlo they say we didn't get to that part yet so I said to Joe I said John want to play caller so he said he's playing caller they will look it's coming he said yeah that's how I got the boat

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Length: 5min 10sec (310 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 28 2020