Based on the extraordinary experiences of Academy Award-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy while making The Godfather, the Paramount+ original series The Offer shows the wild journey the New York City gangster film that had the approval of the actual mob remarkably took on its way to becoming one of the great cinematic masterpieces.
Actors often talk about wanting to find roles that scare them, in some way. Dan, it seems like taking on someone like this while you’re still an actor that wants to get cast in roles would definitely be scary. So, was that the case? Was it scary to take on Francis Ford Coppola? GALLO: Yeah, you said it exactly. I definitely did. I didn’t feel that tremendous fear and responsibility, like Danny has, or Justin Chambers playing Brando has, Anthony [Ippolito] playing Pacino. Those are some seriously enormous shoes to step into. I did not feel that way because, like you said, his words are famous, but his personality, as a whole, there’s very little out there that people can point to.
GALLO: To speak to that, Dexter is just a beautiful human, a beautiful artist, and a director anyone would be fortunate to work with. Dexter knew how to get you on track, very quickly. He would read your personality and he knew. When I got to set for the first day, before I even shot a single scene, he led me into a room, opened a door, and showed me my chair with my name on it, which I had never, ever had. I started to tear up and cry because it was very emotional.
So, to step into that was already just wondrous. We were in awe, recreating this iconic acting moment with all of these brilliant actors, all at one table. That, alone, was very magical. It wasn’t hard to act that. It’s also a great moment with Ruddy and Coppola, where Ruddy sees Coppola’s vision and is like, “Wow, this is gonna be a good movie.” He gives in, and he says, “Okay, you can have your stove for your scene where you’re making sauce,” which is also an iconic scene.
GALLO: We were hanging out one night, and we all decided to get some cannolis. It was 10 o’clock or 10:30 at night, we were all hanging out, and Danny goes, “Let’s get them from this place.” We had no expectations. This box of cannolis shows up, and it was one of those moments where you take a bite of the cannoli, and it’s not joy, it’s rage at the fact that you’re going, “How is this so good?” It was unbelievable. We were just eating these cannolis, and we couldn’t believe what we were eating.
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