Robert De Niro was originally cast as Paulie Gatto, the low level soldier who betrays the Corleone family by giving their enemies the Don's schedule so they could ambush and almost kill him. Later Gatto is killed in retaliation. De Niro was set to play the part but a previous commitment to a movie clashed with the Godfather shooting schedule. De Niro was so loved by director Coppola that he cast him as a young Vito Corleone in Godfather Part II. Obviously if De Niro had played Gatto and had died in the first movie he more than likely would not have been cast for Part II, a role that won him acclaim and his first Oscar.
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