{"id":1543025,"date":"2022-07-07T13:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1543025"},"modified":"2022-07-07T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:34:28","slug":"breaking-actor-james-caan-star-of-godfather-elf-dies-at-82-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-actor-james-caan-star-of-godfather-elf-dies-at-82-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Actor James Caan, Star Of \u2018Godfather,\u2019 \u2018Elf,\u2019 Dies At 82 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-actor-james-caan-star-of-godfather-elf-dies-at-82-years-old%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1543025&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-james-caan-defends-morgan-freeman-were-very-amanda-prestigiacomo\">James Caan<\/a>, the Oscar-nominated actor whose roles ranged from Mafia scion Sonny Corleone in \u201cThe Godfather\u201d to the brooding father of a an overgrown imp in the Christmas classic \u201cElf,\u201d has died at 82.<\/p>\n<p>Caan, whose Hollywood career began in 1964 with a small role in \u201cLady in a Cage,\u201d and acted as recently as last year in the romantic comedy \u201cQueen Bees,\u201d died Wednesday evening, according to family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6,\u201d a statement said that was posted to Caan\u2019s Twitter account. \u201cThe family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6.<\/p>\n<p>The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>End of tweet<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Caan (@James_Caan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/James_Caan\/status\/1545090774517174272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bronx-born actor often played tough guys, and was best known for his portrayal of Don Corleone\u2019s wild son and brother of Al Pacino\u2019s Michael Corleone. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/godfather-robert-duvall-james-caan-talia-shire-making-of-1235211379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a>\u00a0marking the 50-year anniversary of director Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s 1972 classic, Cahn disclosed that he had auditioned for the role that made Pacino a Tinseltown superstar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I had a number of auditions for different parts,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/godfather-robert-duvall-james-caan-talia-shire-making-of-1235211379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cI wanted to play Sonny, because that\u2019s what Francis wanted. But he called me one night from New York and said, \u201cJimmy the studio wants you to come here and test.\u201d I said, \u201ctest what? You got a Porsche you want me to drive around the block?\u201d And Francis told me they wanted me to play Michael. So I went to New York and read for the role and then they had Al [Pacino] come in and test and he was a little self-destructive. They warned him, don\u2019t do that again or you\u2019re fired. But Francis got what he wanted in the end. He always does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Caan, the Oscar-nominated actor whose roles ranged from Mafia scion Sonny Corleone in \u201cThe Godfather\u201d to the brooding father of a an overgrown imp in the Christmas classic \u201cElf,\u201d has died at 82. 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