The Internet Has Finally Discovered The Man Who Inspired The Godfather Movies

Something Fishy

Another scene that has now become the stuff of cinema history is when the Corleones receive a dramatic signal that one of their associates, Luca Brasi, has been killed by a rival mafia family.

Screenshot from “The Godfather

The message they receive is in the form of a fish in the mail which is wrapped in Brasi’s bulletproof vest. Why fish? Well, it means “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes”. This is just one of the moments in this legendary movie that later became a popular phrase throughout movies, TV, and literature.