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Serpico

Al Pacino - Actor - 2025

“I was so flustered”: the only actor who left Al Pacino starstruck

Went to pieces when face to face with a legend…

Tim Bradley
Nov 24, 2025
Al Pacino turned down the lead role in 'Pretty Woman'

The director Al Pacino regretted turning down: “I didn’t know my ass from my elbow”

Movie history could’ve been so different if Pacino had been paying more attention.

Michael Gordon
Nov 10, 2024
Martin Scorsese in 'Life Itself' - a 2014 American biographical documentary film about Chicago film critic Roger Ebert

The classic movie Martin Scorsese was rejected for: “Thankfully, I didn’t get it”

Not even in hindsight.

Scott Campbell
Aug 17, 2024
Al Pacino - Serpico - Paramount Pictures - 1973

Sidney Lumet’s ‘Serpico’ explained: Why was Frank Serpico shot in the face?

Fronting up to some home truths.

Guy Howie
Jul 7, 2024
Al Pacino - Serpico - Far Out Magazine

The harrowing true story behind ‘Serpico’

Plenty of fact, but also a little bit of fiction.

Scott Campbell
Jan 28, 2024
Al Pacino turned down the lead role in 'Pretty Woman'

The moment Al Pacino took his ‘Serpico’ character too far

An iconic performance.

Aimee Ferrier
Jul 17, 2023
Al Pacino turned down the lead role in 'Pretty Woman'

“He had a look in his eye”: the moment Al Pacino met Frank Serpico

Impressions.

Thomas Coll
Mar 20, 2023
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