Moss will play Eleanor Coppola, documentary filmmaker and Francis Ford Coppola’s spouse
Golden Globe winner Elisabeth Moss has boarded Barry Levinson’s movie concerning the making of the celebrated crime drama “The Godfather”.
She joins beforehand introduced actors Oscar Isaac and Jake Gyllenhaal, who will play “The Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola and former Paramount studio head Robert Evans, respectively.
In keeping with Deadline, Moss will play Eleanor Coppola, documentary filmmaker and Francis Ford Coppola’s spouse.
Oscar winner Levinson, who’s hooked up to direct the movie, mentioned he wished to work with “The Handmaid’s Story” star for a very long time.
“I couldn’t be extra enthusiastic about her becoming a member of the movie. Each efficiency of Elisabeth’s is nothing wanting distinctive,” the filmmaker mentioned.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, “The Godfather” (1972) was based mostly on writer Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel of the identical identify. The primary film, starring display screen icon Marlon Brando within the titular function, spawned into a movie sequence with two sequels, which launched in 1974 and 1990.
“The Godfather” chronicles the Corleone household beneath patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), specializing in the transformation of one in every of his sons, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), from a doe-eyed household outsider to ruthless mafia boss.
Concerning as top-of-the-line movies of all time and a field workplace success, “The Godfather” received the Oscars for greatest image, greatest actor for Brando, and greatest tailored screenplay for Puzo and Coppola on the 1973 Academy Awards.
Levinson’s film will chronicle the battles between Coppola, who was 31 on the time, and Evans, which included taking a raffle on casting Brando, who had not had a success in years, and a then-little-known Pacino.
It’s based mostly on a Black Checklist script by Andrew Farotte that was redeveloped with Levinson.