Marlon Brando Made Fun of 'The Godfather' in This '90s Comedy

Some actors’ legacies will always be dominated by one defining role, and for Marlon Brando, it was ironically one he was never expected to have. Brando was initially a breakthrough actor in the 1950s thanks to the realism and emotional honesty that he brought from his experiences on stage to the big screen; his film roles in classics like On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire captured the intimacy of a New York theater. As detailed in William J. Mann’s excellent biography The Contender, Brando increasingly felt disillusioned by his work in the film industry due to current political issues, even though it still had value to him. Even if he didn’t even accept the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, he showed that he still enjoyed the role of Don Corleone with his self-reflexive performance in the underrated 1990 comedy The Freshman.