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  1. www.cbr.com › godfather-don-vito-corleone-mobThe Real-Life Inspirations Behind The Godfather's Don Corleone

    Aug 8, 2024 · For Vito Corleone's character, Puzo based Corleone's backstory and personality on a composite of real-life criminal bosses. Puzo's inspirations gave Marlon Brando and Francis Ford Coppola the raw materials to create a masterpiece.

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  2. www.biography.com › crime › godfather-true-storiesThe True Stories Behind 'The Godfather' - Biography

    Dec 15, 2020 · Portrayed by Brando, the character of Vito was actually a combination of a few mobsters. Like real-life mobster Joe Profaci, Vito had an olive oil business to serve as a front for his illegal...

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  4. listverse.com › 2014/02/10 › 10-real-life10 Real-Life Inspirations For Characters In The Godfather

    • Joseph Colombo. Inspired Joey Zasa. The Godfather: Part III (1990) – Vincent Shoots Joey Zasa. The brash young boss in “Godfather, Part 3” bears immediate resemblance to John Gotti.
    • Meyer Lansky. Inspired Hyman Roth. “The Godfather, Part 2” introduces us to Hyman Roth, whose partnership with Don Vito was similar to that of Meyer Lansky to Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello.
    • Gaspare DiGregorio. Inspired Salvatore Tessio. DiGregorio, like Tessio, was a trusted captain in his crime family, enormously powerful within the Bonanno organization.
    • Tommy Lucchese. Inspired Philip Tattaglia. Tommy Lucchese: The Lucchese Crime Family Boss (1899 – 1967) Though Lucchese wasn’t purely a “pimp,” as Vito described Tattaglia, his family was relatively small, and he needed to come to other families for influence and muscle.

  5. collider.com › godfather-vito-corleone-inspirationThe Real-Life Inspirations Behind 'The Godfather's Vito ...

    Aug 18, 2024 · Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone Is Based on Various Real Mobsters. Carlo Gambino, a major influence on Vito Corleone, mirrored the character's humble early roots as an Italian immigrant...

    • Thomas Butt

  6. screenrant.com › who-is-the-godfather-marlonWhich Real-Life Gangster Marlon Brando's The Godfather ...

    Apr 28, 2024 · Vito Corleone wasn't the only character from The Godfather who is based on real people. In fact, some of Puzo's inspirations became angry over his use of their stories. For example, Vito Corleone's actual god son, Johnny Fontane, is inspired by iconic singer Frank Sinatra. Fontane seeks Corleone's help to get his career as a singer back on track.

  7. movieweb.com › the-godfather-corleone-family-basedIs The Godfather Based on a True Story? - MovieWeb

    Mar 8, 2024 · While these families gave the Corleone Family a general structure for Mario Puzo to build his story, the most notable real-life character, Frank Costello, became a major inspiration in...

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  9. allthatsinteresting.com › real-life-don-corleoneThe Real-Life Gangsters Behind Don Corleone - All That's ...

    Sep 29, 2023 · Mario Puzo, succeeded in building an intensely detailed world inspired by actual people and events, despite the fact that he’d never actually met any gangsters in real life. Yet of all the beloved characters in The Godfather, no one left quite the same impression as Don Corleone.