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Budget penalties, gifts, real-world family connections, locations, and a Godfather Part III idea
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- 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
Casting What-Ifs
Reported or imagined alternatives: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Pacino, De Niro, Gibson, and RZA; uncertain Nicholson improvisation stories
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- Brad Pitt was reportedly set for the Damon part, dropped out, and produced instead. — Bill Simmons
- Ray Leota was reportedly set for Dignam but could not do it. — Bill Simmons
- Denis Leary was the next reported Dignam possibility and also could not do it. — Bill Simmons
- Al Pacino was the first reported Costello choice and is debated as an alternate. — Bill Simmons
- Robert De Niro reportedly declined Queenan to make The Good Shepherd. — Bill Simmons
- Mel Gibson reportedly could not play the Alec Baldwin part because he was filming Apocalypto. — Bill Simmons
- RZA was reportedly offered the Anthony Anderson role. — Bill Simmons
- Nicholson’s proposed prostitute scene and retained dildo improvisation are presented with explicit uncertainty. — Bill Simmons
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