Michelle Pfeiffer reveals how she almost lost her role in Scarface

Hollywood actress Michelle Pfeifferrsquos portrayal of Elvira in lsquoScarfacersquo is one of the most iconic works in Hollywood However the role had a rocky startIn the film her character ultimately married Al Pacinorsquos Tony Montana reports lsquoPeoplersquo magazineMichelle Pfeiffer 67 opened up about the movie on the latest episode of the SmartLess podcast The film was directed by Brian De PalmaThe actress told the podcast hosts Sean Hayes Jason Bateman and Will Arnett ldquoI didnt have any idea it would become sort of a cultural phenomenonrdquoAs per lsquoPeoplersquo she said it was ldquoreally intenserdquo for her Shooting went on for six months a couple of months longer than originally plannedShe shared ldquoI was playing a coke addict so I was not eating And I kept getting skinnier and skinnier The crew were bringing me bagelsrdquoFor the moviersquos final scene her character needed to be ldquostrung outrdquo and ldquoat her worstrdquo but the scene kept getting pushed back She also noted that besides costar Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio it was a movie and set dominated by ldquoguysrdquoMichelle Pfeiffer explained ldquoGangster guys and machismo and they were all kind of a little bit in character all the timerdquoAt the time she was 23 and her most recent credit was Grease 2 ldquoI just didnt have a lot of experience under my belt And I was terrified Every night I was terrified I didnt feel worthy I didnt feel like I had the chops I didnt have any experience behind me I had zero confidencerdquo she addedShe shared that Pacino 85 also didnrsquot want her for the part originally She then told one of her ldquofavorite storiesrdquo about making him bleed during her screen testThe actress said that during her first audition for De Palma and the casting director she was ldquogoodrdquo ldquoThen they want to bring me back to meet Al Over the course of two months I just get worse and worse and worse because Im just afraid And by the end Im badrdquo she said She didnrsquot ldquoblamerdquo Pacino for thinking she was bad either ldquoBrian finally comes to me and says lsquoYou know doll its just not going to work outrdquo she said She apologized to him because he ldquoreally wantedrdquo her for the roleIt was the restaurant scene at the end of the film ldquoI swipe the table of the dishes and glasses break the dishes break Cut Theres blood everywhererdquo she said Everyone ran over to her to see where shersquod cut herself ldquoI didnt cut me I cut Al I thought lsquoWell there goes that partrsquordquoBut Pacino who was cut on the finger wasnrsquot upset ldquoActually I think that was the day he was like lsquoYeah yeah yeah I think shes not badrsquo rdquo Pfeiffer said the experience taught her a mantra for her performances and auditionsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever