Sonny Corleone facts
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In order for him to reprise the role of Sonny Corleone for one flashback scene in The Godfather Part II, James Caan demanded he be paid the same amount as his entirely salary from the first movie
The novel "The Godfather" includes a subplot wherein Sonny Corleone has a huge penis, and has an affair with a woman who has an enormous vagina. After his death, she is distraught, has surgery to "correct" it, and goes on to marry the surgeon. This subplot was omitted from the film.
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Leonardo Di Caprio was going to star in the Godfather part IV,playing the role of young Sonny Corleone alongside Andy Garcia playing the part as his son, similar to the story of Michael and Vito in the Godfather part II. Plans fell through after Mario Puzo (writer of the Godfather movies) died.
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Robert De Niro Originally auditioned for Santino "Sonny" Corleone NOT "Vito"
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They had to heavily edit the original Godfather novel to make it suitable for film because author Mario Puzo dedicated a several chapters to the enormous penis of Sonny Corleone and the difficulty of his lover finding a new partner after his love lance wrecked her lady-bits
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Michael Corleone wasn't lying when he told his wife, Kay, that he didn't order the death of Carlo Rizzi. Clemenza took it upon himself because he was Sonny's godfather.
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Santino "Sonny" Corleone's wife was grateful for his many mistresses because it gave her a break from his enormous penis.
