However, when working on the film, he was prepared for his experience to end much differently.
Keaton has spoken before about how she was surprised she was even cast in the film.
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The director didn’t hold back his praise of Keaton.
Deeper, funnier, and very interesting (I was right)."
Of course, neither Pacino or Keaton was fired from the film.

However, that didn’t mean the making of “The Godfather” was stress-free.
Coppola was certainly on Pacino’s side, and Pacino knew it and appreciated it.
“There’s nothing like when a director wants you,” he wrote in “Sonny Boy.”