Sofia Coppola has had a successful career as a director and writer of films like gothic horror The Beguiled and the biopic Priscilla, winning Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for the former.
Sofia Coppola got a lot of negative press for her performance as Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III, but she’d previously played a small role (literally) in the first movie, too.
“When the original The Godfather Part ... One thing Coppola wanted the new version to correct was the negativity surrounding the casting and performance of Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone ...