This is a very sad news that our TMZ colleagues announced. One of the actors of the legendary Parrain saga has passed away at the age of 83. The comedian acts in several series but her role in one of Francis Ford Coppola’s films is the most important one.
In The Godfather: Part II, it is now Michael Corleone who reigns over the family after the death of Don Vito Corleone. The tone of this second work, directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1975? “Brought to negotiate with the Jewish mafia, he then loses the support of one of his bosses, Frankie Pentageli.
Narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, Michael tries to find the culprit, suspecting Hyman Roth, the head of the Jewish mafia.” If it was Al Pacino who got the leading role in the saga, another actor had hoped to be in the spotlight. It was John Aprea who passed the auditions, in vano, after having been spotted by the director while he was working in a bar in Los Angeles.
Sofia Coppola’s father did not, however, forget her and thought of her for The Godfather II. In this play, these children of Italian immigrants were born in 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey in the United States embodies the young Salvatore Tessio, a close collaborator of Vito Corleone. All the replies of the actor in Italy and confided during an interview that this role was “the highest point” of his career. John Aprea also made his debut behind the screen in Steve McQueen’s “Bullitt”, around 1968. He also played in popular television series such as Côte Ouest, or still The Party in the House, with the game Nick Katsopolis. , Jesse’s father.
