Al Pacino‘s greatest moment as an actor came when he got to do his first scene opposite Marlon Brando in The Godfather – because Brando is God. Pacino, who idolises Brando, says the experience of acting with him was one he’ll never forget. He says, “Have you any idea what it was like to be doing a scene with him? I sat in the theatres when I was a kid just watching him. Now I’m playing a scene with him. He’s God man.” He adds, “There’s no doubt every time I see Brando that I’m looking at a great actor. Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of the great actor. “What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all, the talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he endured.” And Pacino, who was a virtual unknown when Francis Ford Coppola cast him in the role as Michael Corleone, says the studios were convinced he’d be a disaster. He says, “They said I was too meek and mild for the part. But when we finished the movie, the same people who were against me and put me down whenever they could were all for me.”

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