Michael Corleone Would've Failed Without 'The Godfather's Most Overlooked Character

Actors Al Pacino and Marlon Brando looking in opposite directions, with the poster for the movie The Godfather behind them. 

The Godfather trilogy is so packed with incredible and fascinating characters that some were bound to be changed from Mario Puzo's original novel. However, there is one ignored man who not only gets his own chapter in the book but is essential in supporting Michael throughout the trilogy, and that is the Corleone don's bodyguard, Al Neri .

Related The 10 Best Performances in 'The Godfather,' Ranked "It's not personal, it's strictly business." Michael did something similar with Al Neri, as, after his wife left him, the crooked cop murdered a pimp before bashing his head in and urinating on the corpse. However, rather than going to jail, Tom Hagen saved him, seeing a parallel with Brasi. With Al Neri being lifted from the underpaid and seemingly underappreciated role as a police officer, he is completely devoted to Michael, feeling he owes everything he has to the new Corleone don.

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