Dustin Hoffman has a career that would make more than one actor blush, yet the 86-year-old actor missed out on a cult role that could have brought a new twist to his career! Then in full professional rise, the actor refused a role which could have brought him more than 5.5 million dollars!
It was after several small roles that comedian Dustin Hoffman achieved success in 1967 with one of his cult films, The winner. On the rise and after having chained successful roles, a new opportunity presented itself to him in 1972, the director Francis Ford Coppola offered him a role which could have marked a turning point in his career. The role of the legendary Michael Corleone in the iconic film The Godfather. A film that traces the story of a family of New York gangsters, the Corleone family, led by patriarch Don Vito played by Marlon Brando and his young son, Michael. While he initially wishes to get away from his family’s questionable activities, he becomes one of its most active and ruthless members.
If today it is unthinkable to see an actor other than Al Pacino lend his features to Michael Corleone, it could have been a completely different story if Dustin Hoffman had not refused the role! Indeed, you should know that the role that made Al Pacino known on the big screen was not planned for him at the base. Before the latter obtained it, many other actors had been approached, Robert Redford, James Caan, Warren Beatty, but also Dustin Hoffman.
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A cachet of 5.5 million dollars refused
The actor who went on to win two Oscars for his performances in Kramer versus Kramer And Rain Man declined Francis Ford Coppola’s proposal, refusing at the same time a fee estimated at around 5.5 million dollars. A godsend for Al Pacino, unknown at the time, who received the modest sum of 35,000 dollars for the first film and 500,000 dollars for the second. It was only for the third installment in the saga that the actor was able to renegotiate his fee and receive the sum of 5 million dollars.
However, this is not the only role that Dustin Hoffman would have refused! Between Raging Bull, Rambo, Blade Runner And Taxi Driver, the actor declined his share of opportunities. It was for the Digital Spy site that the actor had also returned to this refusal, which he later regretted: “I remember meeting Martin Scorsese. He didn’t have a script and I didn’t even know who he was. I hadn’t seen any of his films and he spoke so fast to explain to me what the film would be. I was like, “What is he talking to me about?” I thought he was crazy“. Anecdotes that have not yet tainted the career of the actor!
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