Mary Corleone brother's debut concert, the assassin Mosca tries to kill Michael. One bullet grazes Michael's shoulder, but the other accidentally hits Mary in the torso, fatally wounding her. Michael is devastated by Mary's death. Sofia Coppola, the daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola, was cast in the role after the original choice, Winona Ryder, fell ill. Rebecca Schaeffer was set to read for this role, as well, but was murdered by a deranged fan on the day she was meeting with F.F. Coppola. Coppola's performance was panned by most movie critics, and earned her two Razzies for Worst Supporting Actress and
Roman Coppola director Francis Ford Coppola. He was born in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, while his father was in Paris helping write the screenplay of "Is Paris Burning?" As a boy, he had minor, uncredited roles in both "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part II". He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Coppola began his directing career by overseeing in-camera visual effects and second unit direction for "Bram Stoker’s Dracula", which garnered a BAFTA Award nomination for Visual Effects. He has continued to do second unit direction throughout his career, including Francis Ford Coppola's "Jack", "The Rainmaker", "Youth