” De nuevo ¿Cuál me dijo que eran sus motivos para devolver este libro?”

Mario Puzzo nunca había escrito un guion antes de El Padrino. En una entrevista de 2019 relató que:

Después de haber ganado dos premios de la Academia, ya sabes, por los dos primeros “Padrinos”, salí y compré un libro sobre escritura de guiones porque pensé que sería mejor aprender. Ya sabes, de qué se trata aquello, porque fue algo que me salió de la cabeza. Y luego en el primer capítulo el libro decía, “estudia El Padrino I. Es el modelo de un guion”.

Fuente: TERRY GROSS. "A Look Back At 'The Godfather,' With Mario Puzo And Francis Ford Coppola". National Public Radio, 8 de marzo de 2019 Yeah, I mean, it was a cinch because it was the first time I'd ever written a screenplay, so I didn't know what I was doing. You know, it's - and it came out right. And the story I tell is that after I had won two Academy Awards, you know, for the first two "Godfathers," I went out and bought a book on screenwriting because I figured I'd better learn...GROSS: (Laughter).PUZO: ...You know, what it's about because it was sort of off the top of my head. And then the first chapter - the book said, study "Godfather I." It's the model of a screenplay. So I was stuck with the book.

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