The actor shared his thoughts at the Tribeca Film Festival reunion panel for Michael Mann’s 1995 crime masterpiece.
Which begs the question: CouldHeat 2be adapted into its own film someday?
And if so, who should play the younger versions of Hanna and McCauley?
Al Pacino thinks Timothée Chalamet could play a younger version of him in a ‘Heat’ prequel.Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage; Bennett Raglin/WireImage
“Timothee Chalamet!”
Pacino shouted, to cheers from the audience.
at the two iconic movie stars.
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro discuss ‘Heat’ at a Tribeca Film Festival screening.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty for Tribeca Festival
Funnily, a different production has already tackled the question of who should play a young Pacino.
Paramount+‘sThe Offer, the recent miniseries about the making ofThe Godfather, starred actor Anthony Ippolito as 1970s Pacino.
“We spent two weeks going through every shot,” Mann explained in his prerecorded message.
“It wasn’t just color timing.
We affected differences between light and shadow in many, many places within the framing.”
Regarding the famous delivery of the line “she’s got a great ass!”
“How about this:Ididn’t know I was going to do it!”
Pacino said with a laugh.
The new 4K restoration ofHeatis available Aug. 9.
