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Francis Ford Coppola Says 'Megalopolis' Stars Canceled Actors

If you give him Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac, you will not just get a film. You will get a symphony of two broken angels trying to build Rome—and watching it burn. casting 2 con francis ford coppula top

For Apocalypse Now , the casting of Marlon Brando was high-risk. The "session" wasn't a read-through; it was a conversation. Coppola spent days just talking to Brando to understand the darkness of Colonel Kurtz, resulting in one of the most haunting performances ever captured. The "session" wasn't a read-through; it was a conversation

Coppola fought the studio tooth and nail to cast the short, unknown Al Pacino. In the casting session, he didn't see a leading man; he saw the eyes of a trapped man. It remains the "Top" casting decision in cinema history. In the casting session, he didn't see a