1982: JACK NICHOLSON on declining THE GODFATHER lead role

"I understand you turned down The Godfather and The Sting?"

Academy Award winning actor Jack Nicholson talks to the BBC's Ian Johnstone about turning down the lead role in The Godfather and working with Marlon Brando.

Clip taken from Film 82 Special: Jack Nicholson, originally broadcast on BBC One, Monday 18 January, 1982.

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