Al Pacino is the primary film star to have an viewers with the lately elected Pope Leo XIV.
The actor is at present in Italy to shoot a movie about automotive moguls the Maserati brothers, and he met the pontiff on Monday (June 16).
The upcoming movie’s producer, Andrea Iervolino, wrote: “We’re honoured to announce that this morning His Holiness Pope Leo XIV obtained in a personal viewers on the Holy See a delegation from the movie Maserati: The Brothers, together with Oscar winner actor Al Pacino and the movie’s producer Andrea Iervolino.
“The assembly was a second of profound non secular and cultural inspiration, centred round shared values that lie on the coronary heart of each the Catholic church and the movie: household unity, love, compassion and the significance of contributing to the widespread good.”
The assertion continued: “These values, which Pope Leo XIV has constantly emphasised in his latest messages to the world, resonate deeply with the story of the Maserati brothers: a household whose legacy was constructed not solely on innovation and excellence however on profound mutual respect, solidarity and a shared imaginative and prescient.”
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— better of al pacino (@bestofpacino) June 16, 2025
Based on native press, Pacino, who was raised Catholic by his Italian dad and mom in New York, reportedly arrived for his assembly with the Pope by way of non-public jet on Sunday (June 15).
In different Pope Leo XIV-related information, he’s reportedly associated to a roster of well-known names, together with Justin Bieber and Madonna, in accordance with a brand new report by the New York Occasions.
The publication put collectively a deep dive into the Pope’s ancestry, and located that the pontiff is linked to each Bieber and Madonna by means of a typical ancestor born round six generations in the past – and it additionally hyperlinks him to the likes of Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton.
“By means of one Canadian ancestor, Louis Boucher de Grandpre, who was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the pope is said to quite a few Canadian-derived distant cousins, together with Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac and Madonna,” the report reads.
In different Al Pacino-related information, final yr the actor opened up in regards to the unique ending to The Godfather Half 3 that he “beloved”.In his latest guide Sonny Boy, Pacino revealed the unique ending panned out barely otherwise, together with his character assembly his finish within the assassination try.
“On the movie’s conclusion, Michael would get assassinated on the steps of the church,” he defined. “He rolls down the steps and involves relaxation on the bottom on the backside.
“Kay, his ex-wife, rushes to his aspect. She seems to be into his face and asks him, ‘Michael, are you dying? Are you going to die?’ And Michael seems to be up at her and he says, ‘No.’ After which he dies. Phenomenal ending. A superb callback to the primary Godfather, as Michael ends his life with one final mislead Kay.”
Pacino went on to confess issues surfaced after actors Richard S. Castellano and Robert Duvall refused to return as Peter Clemenza and Tom Hagen, calling it a “massive miss”.
