Famous Unscripted Lines That Will Make You Look At These Classic Movie Scenes In An Entirely Different Way
“Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli.” – Richard Castellano As Clemenza in The Godfather
It’s a classic “The Godfather” moment: the mobster ‘Clemenza’ (portrayed by Richard Castellano) takes a box of cannolis to a hit job as if to show just how casually murder fits into his life. During the scene, Castellano was supposed to say, “Leave the gun,” but he decided to get a little bit creative…
As advised by his wife, he surprised the director Francis Ford Coppola by adding “Take the cannoli” to the dialogue. Coppola loved the off-script line so much that he decided to keep it in the movie. Looking back, the improvised joke adds a much-needed balance to an otherwise relatively bland piece of dialogue.
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