Nevertheless, to say that Lucy’s role inThe Godfatherwas understated would be an understatement.
Relegated to a background character, Lucy was about as prominent as Fredo’s wife or Michael’s bodyguard.
Still, it’s easy to see why Coppola chopped Lucy’s role in the movie down so ruthlessly.
After Sonny’s death in the book, Lucy becomes an employee of the Corleone family for a time.
Without Lucy, Vincent just feels like a random child turning up without rhyme or reason.
With her, Vincent’s ascension to Godfather feels like a payoff that was decades in the making.
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Clearly,The Godfatherneeded to cut that material top to bottom.
In other words,The Godfatherneeded to concoct a whole new, movie-original role for Lucy.
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The Godfather chronicles the Italian-American Corleone crime family from 1945 to 1955. Following an assassination attempt on family patriarch Vito Corleone, his youngest son Michael emerges to orchestrate a brutal campaign of retribution, cementing his role in the family’s illicit empire.
