Richard S. Castellano

Actor and dialogue improviser

Richard S. Castellano plays Clemenza in The Godfather. Coppola credits him with the cannoli addition, an example of a performer contributing dialogue beyond the screenplay’s formal writing credit.

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“Leave the gun, take the cannoli”

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