Till now, Diane Keaton has been questioning for many years why she was even solid in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.

On Friday, the filmmaker took to his Instagram Tales for an “Ask me something” session, encouraging followers to ask him about his life, work and profession achievements. Amongst those that responded was none apart from the E-book Membership: The Subsequent Chapter actress.

Coppola proceeded to submit Keaton’s query for all to learn: “Why on Earth did you select me for The Godfather?!!”

The Oscar-winning actress took on the function of Kay Adams-Corleone, the spouse of Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone, within the 1972 movie, which rapidly turned a cult traditional.

The director responded to her query, writing, “I selected you, as a result of though you have been to play the extra straight/vanilla spouse, there was one thing extra about you, deeper, funnier, and really fascinating. (I used to be proper).”

Coppola additionally shared the primary time he witnessed Keaton in her component – throughout a efficiency of the Broadway musical Hair, which was additionally the actress’s first main stage function. “I used to be invited by Fred Astaire to accompany him to see Hair,” he added. “Which he couldn’t make ‘conceal nor hair’ out of. You have been in it, and I bear in mind your lovely singing voice.”

After The Godfather launched her into stardom, Keaton later reprised her function in 1974’s The Godfather Half II and in 1990’s The Godfather Half III. Then in 2020, a recut model of the third movie, titled The Godfather Coda: The Demise of Michael Corleone, was launched for the thirtieth anniversary of the unique model.

In the course of the AMA session, Coppola was additionally requested if he would make a fourth Godfather movie. He responded, “In my thoughts there may be one 1 movie generally known as The Godfather (Elements I and II) and an epilogue or ‘Coda’ The Demise of Michael Corleone.”