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Back in 1972, Al Pacino found the golden opportunity to star alongside Marlon Brando in Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic filmThe Godfather.Not being famous at that time proved lucky for the actor since Coppola wanted an actor with a clean slate so that the audience might not judge his character.
After he found fame, the actor decided to quit Hollywood and pursue his passion projects. Taking a break for five years from Hollywood, the actor quickly realized that he had run out of money and was broke. A random encounter with a fan helped him push through and he returned to the theater screens with more iconic movies.
When Al Pacino Decided To Quit Hollywood
Al Pacino had the courage to dream and chase his passion. After finding fame inThe GodfatherandScarface,the actor decided to quit Hollywood to produce and star in his own movies but that didn’t work out so well.
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As per the reports, the actor took a break from 1985 to 1989 from Hollywood where he wasn’t seen in any movies. The actor revealed his reason to an outlet and as perIMDBQuotes, Al Pacino revealed that after he produced his own film, he didn’t realize that debts and taxes had started piling up and he became broke at a point!
“I poured my own money into my own film, The Local Stigmatic (1990). Which I never released. I did some plays. All of a sudden the years passed and suddenly I owed some back taxes and the mortgage was due and I was broke.”
But we wouldn’t have reveredAl Pacinoas a veteran actor if he had just decided to call it quits. Stating that a random fan encounter helped him, Pacino realized that he must return to Hollywood and be grateful for what had been given to him.
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In his quote, the actor further continued that since he was broke, he was walking down Central Park when he met a random fan. As perIMDB, the fan recognized Al Pacino why he wasn’t on-screen anymore. When Pacino didn’t have an answer, that’s when he realized that he should go back to Hollywood.
“But you know what really hit me? I was walking through Central Park and this guy comes up to me – didn’t know him at all – and he says, ‘Hey, what happened to you? We don’t see you, man.’ I said, ‘Well, I… uh… uh…’ and he said, ‘C’mon Al, I want to see you up there.’ And I recognized that I was lucky to have what I’ve been given. You gotta use it.”
The movie that Pacino reportedly spent his own money on, wasn’t released but the story depicted two sociopaths at war with each other while acting brutal acts of violence against a random victim. Pacino returned to Hollywood and went on to star in several iconic movies such asThe Godfather Part III.
Source:IMDB
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
