Elle Fanning signs on to play Ali McGraw in Francis and The Godfather

By BRIAN GALLAGHER

New role: Elle Fanning is moving from her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Hulu's The Great to a movie project about one of the most revered films of all time

Elle Fanning is moving from her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Hulu's The Great to a movie project about one of the most revered films of all time.

The 22-year-old actress has signed on to play Oscar-nominated actress Ali McGraw in Francis and the Godfather, about the making of the 1972 classic The Godfather.

Barry Levinson is directing the film, which recounts the behind-the-scenes drama on director Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel, which is widely considered one of the best films of all time.

Full Story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9344571/Elle-Fanning-signs-play-Ali-McGraw-Francis-Godfather.html

The guy who produced the first Godfather movie was Robert Evans, he was married to McGraw for a bit.  Evans took credit for GF 1, called it his movie and Coppola hated him for it, so I suspect the central plot will be the two of them locking horns.  Evans is dead now, but Coppola isn't: my guess is people on the creative side of movie industry will side with the director.

 

where was Ali Mcgraw in The Godfather?