Half-Assed Internet Research
Budget penalties, gifts, real-world family connections, locations, and a Godfather Part III idea
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:38:11Read transcript
- Brian Grazer and Ridley Scott reportedly returned three million dollars after overrunning the budget — Bill Simmons
- The BET series American Gangster is noted as predating the movie — Bill Simmons
- Russell Crowe reportedly gave RZA a mint 1961 Gretsch guitar and they remained friends — Bill Simmons
- Frank Lucas’s real driver is identified as Sean Combs’s father, who was killed when Combs was two — Chris Ryan
- The production used parts of upper Manhattan that could still pass for 1970s New York — Chris Ryan
- Francis Ford Coppola reportedly considered a Frank Lucas-like character for The Godfather Part III — Chris Ryan