Michael Appler Al Pacino passed on taking a trip to a galaxy far far away. During a talk Wednesday at The 92nd Street Y, New York, the Oscar winner recalled being offered the role of Han Solo in “Star Wars.” “Well, I turned down ‘Star Wars.’ When I first came up, I was the new kid on the block, you know what happens when you first become famous.
It’s like, ‘Give it to Al.’ They’d give me Queen Elizabeth to play,” Pacino said. “They gave me a script called ‘Star Wars.’ … They offered me so much money.
I don’t understand it. I read it. … So I said I couldn’t do it. I gave Harrison Ford a career.” Pacino also said he recently rewatched “The Godfather” after not seeing it for 25 years.
While shooting the mafia classic, Pacino said Francis Ford Coppola asked to meet him one night after filming at a restaurant, where the director was having dinner with his family. “I came in, and he said, ‘You know, I had a lot of faith in you.
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