Al Pacino is the first celebrity that the Pope meets
Al Pacino became the first film star to meet Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. The fashion choices of the 85-year-old actor, however, have unintentionally stolen the spotlight, Radaronline.com can unveil.
The meeting took place on Monday, June 16, where Pacino arrived at the Holy Stoel to discuss his upcoming film Maserati: The Brothers together with the producer, Andrea Iervolino.
Photos and videos of the event showed one unkempt PacinoWith an unshaven beard and an untucked button-up shirt.
This seemingly informal clothing quickly attracted the attention of the public and created a maelstrom of reactions to X.
A fan wondered: “And nobody told him to shave and comb his hair?” While another noticed, “Guy, although it looks rough.”
The Juxtaposition of Pacino and Pope Leo XIV, who seemed sharply dressed for the occasion, only increased control around the appearance of the actor.
Fans couldn’t help it, but wondered if the moment resembled a plot turn of the iconic Godfather Franchise.
A user mused: “I wonder who is more starstruck”, referring to the clear dynamics of the actor who meets the spiritual leader.
Another fan wrote: “Already Pacino met the new pope. Such a hair! Looks good for 85, but still looks 85. Well, that’s life.”
Film producer Andrea Iervolino, who accompanied Pacino to the Vatican, said The Hollywood Reporter: “We are honored to announce that this morning his holiness received Pope Leo XIV in a private audience in the Holy Stoel a delegation from the film Maserati: The BrothersIncluding Oscar winner actor Al Pacino and the producer Andrea Iervolino of the film. ”
He described the encounter as “a moment of profound spiritual and cultural inspiration”.
Irish Volino claimed that the conversation between the Godfather actor and the Pope was aimed at the “shared values in the heart of both the Catholic Church and the film: family unit, love, compassion and the importance of contributions to the public interest”.
Many users of social media noted that the photos of the Al and Pope Meetup seemed like they could be a plot The godfather part III.
The 35-year-old film renewed familiar terrain in his representation of the Corleone Crime Family. However, the film broke new terrain by bringing the papacy and the Vatican, the prevailing managers of the Catholic Church, directly in the story of the trilogy.
The Pope and the Vatican Bank scandal of Godfather 3 are not entirely fictional, but are based on true stories from the 12 years prior to the release of the film.
The Corleone family has direct dealings with the bank in the film, because Michael offers to make it to hundreds of millions of dollars by buying the shares of the Vatican in the multinational real estate company Internazionale Immobiliarre.
It appears that the chairman of the company, Licio Lucchesi, is a Sicilian gangster, and he, Gilday and Vatican bank accountant Frederick Keinszig will make a personal profit by darkening the money from the transaction between the Vatican Bank and the Corleone family.
