Casting 2 Con Francis Ford Coppula- «PLUS»

Sheen arrived, read one scene, and signed for $150,000. He would later suffer a near-fatal heart attack on set during the famous hotel room breakdown scene. That was not acting. That was Apocalypse Now .

When the assistant hesitated, Tony pressed harder: “You’re gonna make me wait? Frankie said come straight back. You want to explain to Frankie why you slowed me down?” Casting 2 Con Francis Ford Coppula-

: Fierce, principled actor; has a complicated past with Dom. Sheen arrived, read one scene, and signed for $150,000

One of the biggest casting shifts was the absence of Richard Castellano , who played Clemenza. Due to salary disputes and demands for script control, his character was written out and replaced with Frank Pentangeli , played brilliantly by Michael V. Gazzo . New Faces and Iconic Rivals That was Apocalypse Now