Page "Diane Keaton" Paragraph 8

Keaton's breakthrough role came two years later when she was cast as Kay Adams, the girlfriend and eventual wife of Michael Corleone ( played by Al Pacino ) in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 blockbuster The Godfather.

Coppola noted that he first noticed Keaton in Lovers and Other Strangers, and cast her because of her reputation for eccentricity that he wanted her to bring to the role ( Keaton claims that at the time she was commonly referred to as " the kooky actress " of the film industry ).

Her performance in the film was loosely based on her real life experience of making the film, both of which she has described as being " the woman in a world of men ".

The Godfather was an unparalleled critical and financial success, becoming the highest grossing film of the year and winning the Best Picture Oscar of 1972.