The legendary producer helped launch the careers of such stars as Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.
FILE – Executive Producer Fred Roos poses at The U.S. Premiere of Focus Features “The Beguiled” at Directors Guild of America on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, died at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., Saturday, May, 18, 2024, a representative said Tuesday, May 21. He was 89.
“Fred Roos possessed a casting instinct that was near infallible,” Coppola wrote on Instagram. “He was a great lifelong friend and collaborator with above all a true love for movies.” Sometimes it took some convincing, like getting Ford in as Han Solo. In 2004, Ford said, “Once he believes in you, he is unrelenting. He kept putting me up for parts and I kept getting rejected. Finally things worked out.”
Roos, right, joins producer Anahid Nazarian, left, and director Francis Ford Coppola at a premiere in 2009 in Los Angeles. Roos and Coppola worked together for over 50 years starting with “The Godfather” and including best picture nominees “The Conversation” and “Apocalypse Now.” His film breakthrough came with Richard Lester’s infidelity drama “Petulia” with Julie Christie and George C. Scott, which came out in 1968.That included work for the likes of John Huston , Michelangelo Antonioni , Monte Hellman and Bob Rafelson .
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