Were the Rosatos the family who also allowed blacks and Peurto Ricans in they're crew or am I thinking about Joey Zasa?
Did we ever find out why Castellano didn't want to be in II? Did he ask for more money? Why would anyone pass up a chance being in the second movie after the first one was such a success?
The Rosatos are a carbon copy of the real-life Gallo brothers, a faction in the NYC Profaci family that rebelled over territories promised them by the boss, who never delivered. Eldest brother Larry Gallo was garrotted in a Brooklyn bar and was saved from death by the unexpected arrival of a policeman.
Castellano didn't appear in II not only because he wanted more money than Paramount was willing to pay, but because he also wanted his girlfriend Ardell Sheridan (who played Mrs. Clemenza in GF) in II, and wanted her to be involved in scripting.
You should read Harlan Lebo's definitive "The Godfather Legacy," which has priceless material about the making of the Trilogy. Most of us here regard it as the bible.
