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Originally posted by flucko: ...it is quite a loss that Hagen wasn't in the script because Duvall wasn't interested.
From what I've read, it wasn't that Duvall wasn't interested. After paying hefty salaries to Pacino and Keaton to reprise their roles, there wasn't enough cash left to meet Duvall's financial demands. A pity, IMHO, because I feel the film truly suffered for not having the character of Tom Hagen in it. George Hamilton was a poor substitute.

I do not despise GF3; it was a good film that could have been great. But, I feel that it would have taken more than the presence of Robert Duvall to elevate it to "great".

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