But if the stars had aligned differently, the space epic could have been Al Pacino’s followup to The Godfather if he had not turned down the role of Han Solo. In the Academy Award winner’s memoir, Sonny Boy,

Michael Corleone himself may have been one of the last people to actually see "The Godfather." Al Pacino is not the type of actor who likes to watch his films. He's so strongly repelled by the prospect that he even ducked out early from The Godfather premiere screening — then waited 50 years to finally watch it.

It turns out Al Pacino’s personal life is almost as dramatic as his professional one. In his new memoir, Sonny Boy, Pacino revealed that one time, a woman tried to kidnap him, and he almost had to jump out of a moving car to escape.