Building off of that odd Godfather fact is one that might seem unbelievable: That producers of The Godfather were not happy about Al Pacino’s casting in The Godfather.

The studio was more interested in Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, or Jack Nicholson, as all of them had established careers at that point. Pacino was still relatively unknown at the time, and producers were pissed about him getting the part.

In fact, the only thing that saved Pacino from being recast was when the producers witnessed the filming of the legendary Louis Restaurant sequence, in which Pacino was performing so well, that the producers were finally convinced he was the right choice.