Steven Soderbergh and Francis Ford Coppola discuss Marlon Brando

The ongoing Tribeca Film Festival is the place to be, it seems. In a conversation with Steven Soderberg, Francis Ford Coppola, who made the iconic Godfather with Marlon Brando starring in the titular role, spoke about the late actor in glowing terms.Speaking about actors, Coppola told Soderberg: “People say, ‘You got such a great performance out of the actor,’ but directors don’t do that. You’re just the coach. You’re there to say a useful thing at the right time or say that one thing that makes something click for the actor.”But he admitted that the late Marlon Brando was in a class of his own. “Brando is in a class of his own. What he talked about was fascinating … But he was like a big kid.”He further replied to a question, “Marlon was too interesting a man to be scared.” 

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