among the reasons were:

-he was too short
-he was unknown
-he had no hits
-he had failed during screentests
-he did not convince in the first days of shooting

however, he was Italian looking


(just read The Godfatehr Companion today)

oh and DVD does not mean digital video disk, which I thought as well, but:

Digital Versatile Disc


Q: what belt did Marlon Brando win after production of The Godfather?