However, both Michael and Sollozzo’s actors also wore them for various purposes.

Michael and Sollozzos implants are subtler, but they still affect the way actors speak and impact their appearances.

In contrast, Brandos larger implant is immediately noticeable to a canny viewer.

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However, Caans character fromThe Godfatherrelied on the same trick to make Sonny so memorably intimidating.

This necessitates Michael adopting a different, more detached and violent persona from his warmer father.

Caan never left Sonny behind after The Godfather, and for good reason.

James Caan’s Sonny scowls standing at a desk in a study from The Godfather

Caan never left Sonny behind afterThe Godfather, and for good reason.

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Cast

Al Pacino as Michael Corleone and Al Lettieri as Sollozzo in The Godfather.

Sonny laughing in The Godfather

Marlon Brando

Headshot of Al Pacino

Movies

The Godfather