Plan and Simple.
He simply is not believeable as mob boss.
Doesn't have looks,body language,smart etc.
All other actors were perfectly cast as mobsters,womens,authority figures.
In fact,he tried so hard that he overracted his part.
And I always feelt that. De Niro is great as Noodles.
It wasn’t about that you dope. The story follows them as youths to adult criminals. Criminals comes in all shapes and sizes. And Jews were gangsters. If you had an ounce of a brain you would know that
shareI didn't like the film, but Woods might have been miscast because his face is not craggy enough or distinctive enough, or charismatic enough. Otherwise I think James Woods held his own in the acting department because despite me not liking the movie, I do think that Leone was a hell of a director, even when past his peak.
shareYes. He isn't threating enough and doesn't have presence/intimidation factor to play mob boss.
He is more suited for roles of lonely loonatics. Like The Specialist,Casino or Ghost of Mississippi. He is good in those roles. But not mob boss.
You guys are mostly all lost
Woods was perfect for it --- HE replaced John Belushi who was supposed to play Max, YOU think he looked like a gangster??
Yeah he didn't look threatening --- THOSE are the worst kind
Somebody got it right --- The Jew gangsters ran NYC until prohibition when the Italians moved in