Soon after filming began, Al Pacino was almost fired from The Godfather. Then Francis Ford Coppola shot a now-iconic scene that changed everything.

Veteran actor Sylvester Stallone extended his warm wishes to the Hollywood superstar Al Pacino who celebrated his birthday on Saturday. The 'Rocky' legend greeted the 80-year-old turned icon on Saturday on Instagram.

The 'Rambo' actor shared a dashing picture of the two on his official handle showing both in Black, all suited up. Taking it to the captions, the 73-year-old wrote: "A very very happy birthday to the brilliant Al Pacino !!!!"

 

 

 

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A very very happy birthday to the brilliant Al Pacino !!!!

A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) onApr 25, 2020 at 12:26pm PDT

Scores of comments followed the post with many of the icon's fans extending birthday wishes. Having an impressive array of films under his belt, Pacino has been a part of classics like the 'Godfather' series, 'Scarface', 'Serpico', 'The Devil's Advocate', and many more during a career spanning more than five decades.

Regarded as one of cinema's greatest and most influential actors, the legendary actor received the Academy Award for his character in the 1992 released movie 'Scent of a Woman'

Recently, the superstar also starred in ace filmmaker Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood', along with the other star cast -- Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie

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Leonardo DiCaprio reunited with his longtime collaborator, director Martin Scorsese, and his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star Al Pacino at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

The screen star, 56, rang in his triumph with close pals and co-stars Al, 79, and Leo, 45, at the 2020 Netflix SAG afterparty, held at Los Angeles' Sunset Tower on Sunday evening.

Meital Dohan, 40, split up with Al Pacino, 79, in February this year. Meital said she dumped the Oscar-winning movie icon because he 'didn't like to spend money' and only bought her flowers.

It was a rare sighting of the 79-year-old Oscar winner posing with one of his two children with ex Beverly D'Angelo

Al Pacino was in good spirits as he spent his Saturday evening having some dinner with a female friend.

Israeli actress Meital Dohan, 40, has claimed she split from Al Pacino, 79, due to their insurmountable 39-year age gap.

Al Pacino made quite the entrance at the BAFTAs on Sunday evening, as he tripped and took a tumble on the red carpet while arriving with his girlfriend Meital Dohan.

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