Al Pacino turns 84, recognized as one of the most recognized actors of the last century and one of the stars of his generation, where he became famous for playing roles of complex, marginal, outsider characters, linked to the underworld and a whole series of complexities. that made him a prominent and very representative figure of American mass culture.
Last year he was the father of his fourth child, named Roman, with Noor Alfallah, his then 29-year-old girlfriend. One of the friends who did not take long to speak out publicly was Robert De Niro, with whom he worked on several occasions, such as in the case of The Irishman.
The Cape Fear actor became a father in May 2022, at the age of 79, and sent a message of “complicity” to his colleague. “We are going to go on play dates and change diapers, I am very happy for him, may God bless him.”
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In 1972 Al Pacino took his first step towards fame with “The Godfather”. The film directed by Francis Ford Coppola marked his career. “I’m here because I made The Godfather,” the actor declared at one of the meetings held for the 50th anniversary of the film. “For an actor, that’s like winning the lottery.”
Eleven years later, in 1983, “Scarface” arrived, where he played drug dealer Tony Montana. Rumors say that the actor had never tried cocaine in his life (another of the film’s main protagonists) and that De Palma had to give him some instructions so that he could handle himself as the drug dealer he played.
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The famous mountain seen at the end is powdered milk. The production department did not measure the quantities well and put in double what the director asked them for, but Stone assured that it was not that big of a deal. “I have seen glass tables with more in the offices of film producers,” he said.
If the viewer wants to attend an acting class they have to see “Perfume of a Woman” (1992). In that unforgettable film he plays a blind man who drives a Ferrari and then dances the tango “Por una Cabeza.” And he does it so well that you believe both things are perfectly normal and possible.
Two unrelated events have linked Al Pacino to Argentina. One is his long coexistence with our compatriot Lucila Polak. In 2016 they both arrived in the country to visit and the actor attended a gala function at the Colón with his girlfriend.
Before that date, in 1993, he shared a cast with Jorge Porcel in the film Carlito’s Way. In it, the Argentine comedian played Sasso, the owner of the “Paraíso” nightclub.
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Directed by Martin Brest and starring Al Pacino and Chris O’Donnell, it is an adaptation of the novel Il buio e ilmiele (Darkness and Honey) by Giovanni Arpino and is also a remake of the film Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna), directed by Dino Risi in 1974.
At first Pacino was not very convinced about the role but he ended up doing it at the insistence of his agent. Having followed that advice was key since for that role he won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1993. To prepare for it, he had to attend a school for the blind, took tango classes and played the character even off-camera, showing Pacino as the “method” actor that characterizes his work.
