[nickcarraway]

What was he going to play? Fredo's illegitimate son? I think Coppola made the right choice?

[BipolarBob]

I’m glad Nicky didn’t make the cut.

[dfwgator]

I like Cage, but I don’t think he would have been a good fit.

[LukeL]

Couldn’t have made part III any worse.

[Rummyfan]

Cage is a fine actor. His choice in material is questionable at best. And missing out on The Godfather III is no loss. It was a dud.

[Seruzawa]

Coppola probably didn’t want even more drama on the set than he already had. I can just imagine Cage and Pacino going at it with Caan egging it all on.

[rfp1234]

Maybe in part III, as an altar boy in the Vatican.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

If there was a mobster with spikey hair from the valley in the script, Cage was a shoe in.

[Ezekiel]

I only came in here looking for that “You Don’t Say” meme.

Disappointed.

[TexasGator]

“What was he going to play?

In the article excerpt.

[Trillian]

I don’t like this guy, he creeps me out.

[cdcdawg]

Part III just doesn’t feel like it’s part of the same story.

[Hot Tabasco]

The actor, who is Coppola’s nephew

Just more evidence of the nepotism that permeates hollywood and breeds the disgust they have for the fly over people who actually have to work for a living.

[Chode]

Coppola’s own daughter sucked...

[PGR88]

While I’ve seen Godfather I and II scores of times, I can barely remember Godfather III.

I only remember it being rather plodding, and a lot of people not liking it. Its certainly never on TV like the first two.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Cage doesn’t look Italian. Sucks to be him.

[Michael.SF.]

He cast several relatives in Part I: His Father, daughter and sister are three that I know of.

There was room for Cage in III, there must have been a reason which he has kept to himself.

[Boogieman]

Well, seeing how Godfather III turned out, maybe the casting would have helped.

Remember Sonny was a “hothead”, and Cage can definitely play a hothead as good as anyone in Hollywood, so I think he could have pulled off the role of Sonny’s son. This was right on the heels of his role in “Moonstruck”, which probably could have garnered him a Best Supporting Actor nomination if the cast hadn’t been loaded with so many other great performances.

[ilgipper]

Never realized he was Coppola’s nephew. Never really been a big fan. A few good movies that I liked. Now I realize how he got in the biz.

[Telepathic Intruder]

He could have played Fredo.

[MayflowerMadam]

He might have been good as Connie’s husband.