Al Pacino clears up ‘appalling’ Hollywood rumour about The Godfather

Al Pacino has addressed an “appalling” Hollywood rumour about his career that has done the rounds since the 1970s.

He wrote: “I’ve only recently learned that the perception in the industry was that I snubbed the Oscars – that I didn’t attend the ceremony because I was nominated for The Godfather as a supporting actor and not as a leading man.

It explains a lot of the distance I felt when I came out to Hollywood to visit and to work.