The role went to Al Pacino, who was brilliant in it. Of course, things never work out the way you plan them and instead, Michael is forced to take over as the "Godfather" of the Corleone family, while "taking care of all family business" in a shocking day of violence (I guess I'm technically spoiling The Godfather for you, but, I mean, it's The Godfather, right? You know what happens in The Godfather, right?).
Heck, even BEFORE they started filming, the two men clashed over a number of things, including the casting of perhaps the most pivotal roles in the film, that of Michael Corleone, the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone, whose place in the birth order allowed him to avoid the pressure of having to follow in his father's footsteps, so Michael was the Corleone who was destined to go legit. However, the road to success was a tricky one, as the production of the film was troubled right from the start, as producer Robert Evans and director Francis Ford Coppola clashed throughout the filming of the movie (I once did a legend about how one scene was cut from the first Godfather and then re-done in the second Godfather and was cut there, too!). When it was released, The Godfather became one of those rare films that was a commercial blockbuster while being considered a masterpiece, critically, as well. MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Robert De Niro was "traded" from Paramount to MGM so that Al Pacino could be allowed to star in The Godfather.
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