according to film folklore, and with those movie executives circling, francis ford coppola made sure e the leading man they couldn't refuse, they say that francis moved that scene up. he claims he didn't. but it seems like that would be the thing to do, get to the meat, because that's what the studio wants to see. and that saved you? so it saved me. i got in that scene, and i did it not knowing what was going on. i always felt i wasn't wanted and that kind of feeling. could you see anyone lurking around? bob de niro comes to mind. what, he could have been in an earlier godfather? yeah. that would have been... he was great in that godfather ii.- but you honestly think they could have replaced you with him for the first one? yeah, sure. why not? well, you know, i'm not irreplaceable. not yet. to me, godfather is a great film because of francis ford coppola. and how he put that together. in the �*70s, you and robert de niro were both having these explosions at the same time. you know, he's doing mean streets... dustin hoffman was in there. they used to put the three of us together a lot.

please welcome to "the late show," francis ford coppola. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> francis: thankefore. before i get into it and i want to get into it because i saw your movie last night and we've got to get into it. i am pleased to say you brought us a little something to share. [cheering] let's share with the folks what we've got. >> francis: this is the oldest winery of the napa valley from 1870 and this is our very best wine, rubicon. it's an exceptional year, 2015. i opened it and let it breathe a little bit. >> stephen: there you go. that is ruby, baby. that is nice. what is my profile going to be? notes of leather and blackberry? >> francis: i don't do that. first you put your nose -- your nose is your laboratory. >> stephen: the results are coming in. oh, that's fantastic. >> francis: to art, to the future. >> stephen: back in september we made a joke about your film "megalopolis" and i immediately followed up the joke by saying look, francis, if you're watching, looks beautiful to me. i want to see it. please come on so we can talk about it. you, the next day, put up this

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. >> jordan: please welcome francis ford coppola. and applause] welcome. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> jordan: sir, this truly is an honor. i will say, i remember in college going to see "apocalypse now," i got to see it in the theater and it expanded my mind as to what i could and should expect from cinema. it was surreal, it was dark, it was literary and last week i get to go in c "megalopolis." and it continued on that trajectory expanding on what could expect and see in cinema. >> you didn't say the last thing you said, "apocalypse now" was all those things and got terrible reviews. >> jordan: i didn't want to say it say it. >> and we've done it again. [applause] >> jordan: court the bastards, right? >> they want movies to be something that they cannot risk, they cannot possibly lose on. and to me, you know, making art without risk is like making babies without sex. it's possible, but it's not the way to do it. [applause] >> jordan: you are not wrong. if there's a lot of hope in "megalopolis." >> there is. the film is fille

>> i need you to fly out to the west coast, see francis ford coppola. >> francis saw me in the play,and he asked me to come out to san francisco to the agent. i thought, i don't want to go there. i was afraid of planes. >> you didn't want to fly. >> yeah. so my manager says you are going out with me, i'll go with you. so i went there and i got to know francis. so he knew me a little before he called me for godfather. >> he believed in you. >> he did. >> nobody else did. >> yeah. >> and you felt it? >> well, he called me at my house a year later. this is how this thing works, what we do. it works that way. and he said, they gave me "the godfather." i'm directing "the godfather." wow, that's good. i knew this was a great big book. everybody read it. it was one of those. so it was going to be a movie, wow. then he said, yeah, i said, that's great. he said, yeah, and i want you to play michael. >> couldn't believe that? >> no, i said he is going too far. he is out there in san francisco. god knows what he is taking right now. practically humored him until i thought of paramount pictures.

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