The Godfather series is considered one of the best achievements in Hollywood history - but there are a few things you may not have known about the iconic film.

Lenny Montana, a wrestler who turned to acting and played the menacing enforcer Luca Brasi in The Godfather, was also affiliated with the Colombo crime family in real life. READ MORE: Netflix adds ...

Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in ... bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen ...

Wrestler turned actor Lenny Montana, who featured in The Godfather as ruthless hitman Luca Brasi, had also worked with the Colombo crime family. His boss, Joe Colombo, had opposed several parts of ...