Originally posted by fathersson:
AS much as I like Joe Pesci. I don't feel he fits into the first Two Godfather movies. I think the style of the films leaves him out on the sidelines. The era is just all wrong for him.
I would agree, adding that III would be the only place, if at all, for Pesci. Perhaps the Don Altobello character, but even that is a reach.
As far as a previous idea of having him play Luca, no way. Joe is physically too small to play the beast of a man that Luca was. I think most of us who have read the novel would have a terribly difficult time imagining the evil deeds Luca Brasi performed by little Joe Pesci. Sure Pesci was a tough guy in Goodfellas & Casino, but Luca Brasi's character was not your average tough guy. He was a one man killing machine who was practically unmatched.
