Robert Duvall talks about 'Godfather III' snub

Posted Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 5:29 PM Central

by John Couture

On Wednesday night's offering of '60 Minutes II,' actor Robert Duvall speaks out for the first time concerning his noticeable absence from The Godfather Part III. He hinted that monetary reasons and crab cakes kept him out of the sequel.

"If they paid Pacino twice what they paid me, that's fine, but not three or four times, which is what they did. Francis Ford Coppola came to my farm, parked his car...went in the kitchen. I said, 'I know you always wanted the crab cake recipe, let me cook it for you.' Oh, he loves to eat, so I cooked the crab cake...and he wrote it down...and he forgot it, so he called twice. He was...more concerned that he forgot the crab cake recipe than would I be in Godfather III."

Duvall played Irishman Tommy Hagen who was adopted into the Corleone crime family by original boss Marlon Brando.