Hi everyone. Hi DKelly.

I read somewhere a while back that Coppola thought Keitel was
too "aggresive" in the character (what the hell did he expect??)
I have never forgiven Coppola for doing that. I agree with everything
you said, DKelly.

Love to all,
Chaille



--- In harveykeitelfans@yahoogroups.com, dkelly26666 <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm not sure anyone knows the specifics of why Keitel was
> fired. He was famously cast in the lead role of Willard during pre-
> production in 1975. He would have played opposite Marlon Brando and
> Robert Duvall. It truly was the role < I feel, that would have made
a
> huge star out of Keitel, much like the Godfather films did for Al
> Pacino and (in Part II) Robert De Niro. Unfortunately, just about
two
> weeks into production, Coppola suddenly fired Keitel, much to the
> dismay of the film's other producers. Production was halted,
> temporarily, until Martin Sheen was cast as his replacement, and
went
> on to do this very famous film. Sheen was great in the part, but I
> often wonder what could have been with Keitel in there.
>
> Anyway, neither side have much wanted to talk about it since.
> Keitel DID say in his Playboy '95 interview that he didn't hold any
> grudges againt Coppola after all these years. He said something to
> the effect that they would have to be some really sad old men to
> still be bearing scars about that one. I once heard someone
speculate
> that Harvey and Coppola's personalitites simply clashed. That
Francis
> was this rich California kid from some fraternity at UCLA, and
Keitel
> was this tough, blue-collar kid from Brooklyn. Also, Keitel had
> mainly worked with friends like Scorsese and De Niro up to that
> point, and he may have been used to a bit more creative freedom
than
> a tyrannical Coppola was willing to give him. In any case, it
DIDN'T
> happen, and they obviously have never tried to work together again.
>
> Sadly, Keitel's big Hollywood career took an instant nose dive
> after that, and he wouldn't be back for many years. He always
worked,
> mind you, but he never again achieved a big level of stardom until
> about 16 years later.
>
>
>
> --- In harveykeitelfans@yahoogroups.com, Carrie Anderson
> <mitsyrip21@y...> wrote:
> > HI,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why Keitel was fired during
coppolas 'apocolypse
> now'?
> >
> >
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