‘The Offer’: How Frank Sinatra Inspired Making Of ‘Godfather’ Series, And What Miles Teller Texted Al Ruddy
deadline.comA fight between Frank Sinatra and Mario Puzo inspired the upcoming Paramount+ miniseries The Offer, about the making of film based on Puzo’s best selling novel.
The 10-episode project premieres on April 28.“The only story I knew about the making of The Godfather was that Mario Puzo got into a fight with Frank Sinatra at Chasen’s.
So I had 5 minutes of the show written and now I just needed 9 hours and 55 minutes more to fill it in,” Executive producer Michael Tolkin told members of the media during the streamer’s TCA presentation on Tuesday.And the altercation plays out in the show’s premiere episode.Puzo (Patrick Gallo), a longtime fan of Sinatra (Frank John Hughes), walks up to Ol’ Blue Eyes at the popular celebrity haunt in Beverly Hills where he shares his admiration and appreciation for the singer.Sinatra was receptive at first to Puzo until someone at his table reveals Puzo is the writer of The Godfather, a book the legendary crooner says insults Italians.
The discussion ends in a tussle that’s broken up by Al Ruddy, played by Miles Teller in The Offer.The miniseries centers on Ruddy’s experience making the iconic 1972 film that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Puzo.
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