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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11996487" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="paul-ryan" source="Orion">Paul Ryan</keyword> compared Trump's ability to scare Republicans to the fictional "Godfather" enforcer <keyword id="13441416" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="luca-brasi" source="Orion">Luca Brasi</keyword>.</li><li>Ryan said Trump's control over the GOP was "like a mass sociology experiment."</li></ul>Former House Speaker Paul Ryan expressed amazement at how easily <keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword> has wielded his control over the <keyword id="11921390" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="republican-party" source="Orion">Republican Party</keyword> and compared the former president's iron fist to an infamous character from "<keyword id="13441413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-godfather" source="Orion">The Godfather</keyword>," according to a new book."It just surprised me so much," Ryan said, according to reporter Mark Leibovich's new book, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653294/thank-you-for-your-servitude-by-mark-leibovich/">"Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission." </a> Insider obtained an advanced copy of the book before its publication on Tuesday.Ryan, the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee, said he was astounded that just "one guy" could effectively rule the party by fear."The idea that just one guy—one guy could just Luca Brasi you, and all of these members would be so afraid," Ryan said, referring to the infamous soldier and enforcer for mobster Vito Corleone in the novel and film "The Godfather" who could "frighten the devil in hell himself," according to "Godfather" author Mario Puzo."Luca Brasi did not fear the police, he did not fear society, he did not fear God, he did not fear hell, he did not fear or love his fellow man," <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=acy0U6WyM7MC&amp;pg=PA21&amp;lpg=PA21&amp;dq=%22Luca+Brasi+did+not+fear+the+police,+he+did+not+fear+society,+he+did+not+fear+God,+he+did+not+fear+hell,+he+did+not+fear+or+love+his+fellow+man.+But+he+had+elected,+he+had+chosen,+to+fear+and+love+Don+Corleone&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=fxIMZJ1tYv&amp;sig=ACfU3U3kbH6TdZ3Yx17mXjI2JuDJ3Jrbkw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjgx5GL8vD4AhUTEGIAHYe-BSYQ6AF6BAgfEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Luca%20Brasi%20did%20not%20fear%20the%20police%2C%20he%20did%20not%20fear%20society%2C%20he%20did%20not%20fear%20God%2C%20he%20did%20not%20fear%20hell%2C%20he%20did%20not%20fear%20or%20love%20his%20fellow%20man.%20But%20he%20had%20elected%2C%20he%20had%20chosen%2C%20to%20fear%20and%20love%20Don%20Corleone&amp;f=false">Puzo wrote.</a> "But he had elected, he had chosen, to fear and love Don Corleone."Ryan got on the subject of Brasi while recounting to Leibovich how after he left <keyword id="11893699" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="congress" source="Orion">Congress</keyword>, a man approached him when he was at a Metalica concert with his family. "He said, 'My wife likes you, but I'm a conservative,'" Ryan said the man told him. Ryan retorted that he in fact was a conservative. But the man only replied, 'Yeah, but Trump doesn't like you.'"Ryan <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-trump-campaign-battered-20161007-story.html">refused to campaign with Trump, his party's presidential nominee,</a> in Wisconsin in 2016 after the publication of Trump's infamous "Access Hollywood" tape. Ryan later retired from Congress ahead of the GOP's 2018 midterm drubbing.Ryan said the interaction at the concert would have scared his former colleagues, who know that defying Trump on even a single vote can have disastrous consequences for their careers."If you're a member of Congress, that rattles you. The intimidation factor," Ryan said, according to the book. "If you're below 97 percent on the fealty scale, Trump's going to come after you. It's like a mass sociology experiment."Left unmentioned was Brasi's fate. Brasi is ultimately tricked and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdzpHcC3TmQ">strangled with piano wire.</a> All that remains of him is his bulletproof vest wrapped around a dead fish signaling that he sleeps with the fish.Spokespeople for Trump and Ryan didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. It is not <a href="https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/9f534f1d-ca00-4c7b-b0f0-e5e74b8d6ecd">his daughter's wedding day</a>.

Paul Ryan said he was 'surprised' at how easily Trump could intimidate the GOP: 'One guy could just Luca Brasi you'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Caan, who played Sonny Corleone in "<keyword id="13441413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-godfather" source="Orion">The Godfather</keyword>," recalled how he loosened up <keyword id="13441415" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lenny-montana" source="Orion">Lenny Montana</keyword>.</li><li>Director Francis Ford Coppola was angry at Montana (<keyword id="13441416" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="luca-brasi" source="Orion">Luca Brasi</keyword>), who kept messing up his lines.</li></ul>In celebration of the 50th anniversary of <a href="https://www.insider.com/trivia-about-filming-the-godfather-2020-8">Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece "The Godfather,"</a> one of the stars of the movie, <keyword id="13441414" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-caan" source="Orion">James Caan</keyword> reminisced about how he loosened up the actor who played one of the movie's iconic characters.Former professional wrestler Lenny Montana was cast as the Corleone crime family's most feared enforcer Luca Brasi. But Caan, who played hothead Sonny Corleone, recalled to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/how-the-godfather-star-james-caan-taped-f-k-you-onto-co-stars-tongue/">The New York Post</a> that it was clear being on a hyped movie that featured one of the greats like Marlon Brando, who played Don Corleone, was intimidating for Montana.This was evident, Caan said, in the scene where Montana as Brasi goes to Don Corleone to pay his respects on his daughter's wedding day. The actor said Coppola was getting frustrated that Montana kept flubbing his lines."Francis comes running out and said to me, 'Jimmy, do something!'" Caan recalled. "I said, 'What are you talking about Francis?' He said, 'Do something with him.' I said, 'What do you want me to do with that fucking beast?' 'Do something to goose him up, do some of your shit.'"Caan had an idea, he said."I grab Lenny and said, 'Lenny, come here. You gotta do something when you open the door,'" Caan said. "I was trying to give him this snow job. 'When you say, "Don Corleone," stick your tongue out' — his tongue looked like a shoebox for fuck's sake — 'and I'll put a piece of tape on it that says "Fuck you." He was like a baby, 'Oh, Jimmy, don't make me do this,' and I said, 'Lenny, please, it's humor, everyone's gonna laugh and you'll feel better. Please do this for me.'"<div type="image" title="James Caan in a vest and tie" height="1080" width="1915" msid="90385711" hostid="261"></div>Montana agreed and did another take of the scene where he walks into Don Corleone's office to pay his respects."They say 'Action!' and that's when he says, "Don Corleone" — he sticks his tongue out and everybody falls down laughing. He was smiling. He was happy. Marlon's line was, 'Luca, my most cherished friend,' and when [Montana] did that scene he had "Fuck you" written on his tongue, too."Though it's one of the few times we hear Montana speak in the movie, it's the way Coppola used the legend of Luca Brasi as a brutal killer for the mob family that made the character one of the most memorable in the 1972 movie.It made it all the more shocking when he's dramatically killed not long after. And what "Godfather" fan can forget the parting shot to the Brasi character, with one of the most famous lines in movie history?As the Corleone family is looking for Brasi after a hit has been put on Don Corleone, a package arrives at the Corleone house. It's placed on Sonny Corleone's lap. He opens to find a fish. He's told it's a Sicilian message: "Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.""The Godfather," also starred Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Robert Duvall.

'Godfather' star James Caan recalls the unique way he loosened up the actor who played Corleone family enforcer Luca Brasi before his big scene

Castione Della Presolana (Italy), May 3 (AP) As Italy gradually emerges from its two-month coronavirus lockdown, tourism operators in the hard-hit Val Seriana valley look ahead with trepidation at an uncertain summer season that could make or break them.Residents of the towns in Italy's hard-hit Bergamo province along the Orobie mountain range await the return of summer visitors."It is a powerful tragedy that has touched chords that not even during the war had been touched," says Claudio Trentani, a 57-year-old hut manager.He runs the Baita Cassinelli, an Italian Alpine Club mountain hut at the base of the 2,521-metre (8,271-foot) Mount Presolana, a 30-minute drive from the city of Bergamo. Trentani sees no good way to manage social distancing in his 60-square-meter hut where he serves food and drink. The place was packed with hikers before the government coronavirus lockdown emptied it for months.Lorenzo Pasinetti, 53, runs a bigger chalet on adjacent Mount Pora, an 1,880-meter (6,168-foot) mountain that is a popular skiing destination. It houses a restaurant, a pizzeria, cafe and an outdoor barbeque, serving people a day in the winter and 300 in the summer. He calculates winter losses of about 60% due to the lockdown that started March 8. He has remained open to provide groceries to 10 families living on the mountain.In Rovetta, where the Serie A Atalanta soccer team trains every summer, Mayor Mauro Marinoni said there are 15 official COVID-19 deaths but he suspects the true toll is higher. He says 30 people died this March compared to only four the year before.Brothers Daniele, Luca and Corrado Brasi, who own a sports apparel shop in the town and run one of the biggest tennis clubs around, lost an uncle to the virus. They rely on summer tourism for about half of their income - and they still don't have a clear idea how much business they can count on. The club is sanctioned by the tennis federation, which gives them hope that individual athletes can train even if summer camps are out of the question.In nearby Castione della Presolana, a mountain village of 3,400, church bells rang up to four times in a day during the worst of the coronavirus crisis, announcing the deaths of residents. Mayor Angelo Migliorati said the town usually records three deaths from January to March but this year saw 32. Only seven count as coronavirus deaths because not all the dead were hospitalised or tested.Despite the devastating human toll, Migliorati is looking forward to a summer of economic and psychological recovery. He says after months of being shut inside people will be looking for "the well-being that only nature can give"."I am convinced we will have many visitors, especially in the many vacation homes. The mountain offers ample space for social distancing," he said.Alpine guide Ernesto Cocchetti, 57, predicts that visitors will be eager to return to "living with nature's rhythms." But local tourism operators are still worried about their ability to safely manage a possible onslaught of visitors.Giorgio Masserini, 61, runs a rock-climbing gym in Dorga. Under the recent government decree, he thinks he could open as early as May 18 for registered athletes with their own climbing equipment. He has sanitized the gym and is ready to measure visitors' temperatures before allowing them in.Alice Piccardi, 37, who runs an organic farm and restaurant with her husband Stefano Gusmini, 43, saw her father hospitalized with COVID-19. He was one of the lucky ones, sent home after two weeks to recover. With the restaurant closed to guests, they are delivering produce to keep money coming in before restaurants can re-open on June 1.Diego Fregona, 58, spent all his savings to repair his adventure park after a storm in October knocked down trees, climbing ropes and suspended walkways. Now, as he contemplates reopening, he worries about managing new safety requirements, including taking temperatures and sanitizing equipment.But he cannot afford financially to miss this season. And after so much loss, the prospect of revival is the only thing that keeps him going."There isn't a family who didn't have a bereavement. The only thing left to do is to get up again," Fregona said. (AP) SCYSCY

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