{"id":490021,"date":"2022-09-03T19:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sylvester-stallones-request-to-be-in-the-godfather-was-rejected\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T19:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T16:30:37","slug":"sylvester-stallones-request-to-be-in-the-godfather-was-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sylvester-stallones-request-to-be-in-the-godfather-was-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Request to Be in The Godfather Was Rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df660839be\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df660839be\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sylvester-stallones-request-to-be-in-the-godfather-was-rejected\/#%E2%80%9CSylvester_Stallones_Request_to_Be_in_The_Godfather_Was_Rejected%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Request to Be in The Godfather Was Rejected&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sylvester-stallones-request-to-be-in-the-godfather-was-rejected\/#The_Godfather_Was_Not_Meant_to_Be_but_Success_Came_a_Short_Time_Later\" >The Godfather Was Not Meant to Be, but Success Came a Short Time Later<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSylvester_Stallones_Request_to_Be_in_The_Godfather_Was_Rejected%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Request to Be in The Godfather Was Rejected&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\nHe may have knocked out a win for the Oscar\u2019s Best Picture award in his 1976 debut film <em>Rocky<\/em>, but prior to that <strong>Sylvester Stallone<\/strong> tried to get his start in another blockbuster movie. The mother of all gangster films, <strong><em>The Godfather<\/em><\/strong>. According to the <strong>Rambo<\/strong> star:<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #1! --><!-- No winning ad found for zone: below first paragraph! --><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>\u201c<\/em>I went to Paramount, and said, \u2018Can I be an extra in the wedding scene?\u2019 They said, \u2018Yeah, we don\u2019t know if you\u2019re the type of guy.\u2019 I go, \u2018I\u2019m not the type? To play in the background, hiding behind a f*****g wedding cake?\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"\"\/>\nHis attempt to merely fade into the background amongst other wedding attendees as the FBI sat parked outside keeping a keen eye on the invited guests did not go well. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sylvester-stallone-rejected-extra-godfather-183011526.html\">Paramount simply didn\u2019t think<\/a> the son of an Italian father was a good fit for the gangster flick whose fictional head, Don Corleone, had strong roots tied to the old country.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsninja-ad-zone\" id=\"adsninja-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\">\n<div id=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone\">\n<div class=\"ad-current\">\n<div id=\"ad-zone-container-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"ad-zone-container ad-zone-container-content-character-count-repeatable-1\" data-no-fill-collapsable=\"false\"><strong class=\"ad-zone-advertising-tag\">MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span class=\"related-single\">RELATED: Sylvester Stallone Shows Off His Super Strength in Samaritan Clip<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: native in content! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-godfather-was-not-meant-to-be-but-success-came-a-short-time-later\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Godfather_Was_Not_Meant_to_Be_but_Success_Came_a_Short_Time_Later\"><\/span> The Godfather Was Not Meant to Be, but Success Came a Short Time Later<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.5%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sylvester-Stallone-as-Samaritan-in-the-Amazon-Prime-Video-movie-Samaritan.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Amazon Studios&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sylvester-Stallone-as-Samaritan-in-the-Amazon-Prime-Video-movie-Samaritan.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sylvester-Stallone-as-Samaritan-in-the-Amazon-Prime-Video-movie-Samaritan.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sylvester-Stallone-as-Samaritan-in-the-Amazon-Prime-Video-movie-Samaritan.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sylvester-Stallone-as-Samaritan-in-the-Amazon-Prime-Video-movie-Samaritan.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Sylvester Stallone as Samaritan in the Amazon Prime Video movie Samaritan\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sylvester-Stallone-as-Samaritan-in-the-Amazon-Prime-Video-movie-Samaritan.jpg\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Amazon Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> After seeing boxer Chuck Wepner moving forward and fighting despite Muhammad Ali&#8217;s blows in the March 24, 1975, fight, Stallone knew that would be the makings of a great movie. Producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff offered Stallone $350,000 for his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> with a deal being made as long as he was allowed to play the lead. Three years after being dealt that blow by Paramount, Rocky Balboa shows up on the big screen and ends up being the highest-grossing film of 1976.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #2! --><br \/>\nNow,<strong> <\/strong>Stallone is finally getting his \u201cgangster shot\u201d thanks to another Paramount property, Paramount+ <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <em>Tulsa King<\/em> created by \u201cYellowstone\u201d showrunner Taylor Sheridan wherein he plays a New York mob capo, Dwight \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>\u201d Manfredi in the series. <em>Tulsa King<\/em> follows &#8220;The General&#8221;<a> <\/a>after he is released from prison and is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\nStallone stated, adding that Sheridan had in mind a \u201cgangster going West\u201d for the show concept.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cEverything comes to those who wait. He\u2019s very hung up on the Western, but how does it manifest itself across the country? OK, take a gangster and put them right next to a cactus, and let the fun begin.\u201d\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #3! --><br \/>\nThe series also stars Annabella Sciorra, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, Jay Will, A.C. 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