13 Facts About Vincent Corleone

Vincenzo Santino Corleone is a fictional character in the 1990 feature film The Godfather Part III.

Vincent Corleone is portrayed by Andy Garcia, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance.

Vincent Corleone eventually succeeds his uncle Michael as head of the Corleone family.

Coppola has said that Vincent is an amalgamation of the five Corleone family males, having his grandfather Vito's cunning, his father Sonny's temper, his uncle Michael's ruthlessness, his uncle Fredo's sensitivity, and his uncle Tom Hagen's loyalty.

Vincent Corleone is eventually embroiled in a feud with Zasa when he senses that Zasa is trying to usurp Michael's power.

Vincent Corleone saves Michael from an assassination attempt orchestrated by Zasa at a Mafia summit in Atlantic City.

Michael is angry that Vincent Corleone used violence to deal with Zasa and did so without his permission, although he used the same logic to protect his father 34 years prior by killing Virgil Sollozzo.

When Vincent Corleone begins a relationship with Michael's daughter Mary, Michael fears that his nephew's growing involvement in the family's criminal activity will endanger her life.

Vincent Corleone learns that Licio Lucchesi, a powerful Italian politician and criminal underworld figure, was the mastermind of the assassination plot against Michael and employed Altobello, Zasa, Frederick Keinszig, and Archbishop Gilday to undermine Michael's criminal empire.

Vincent Corleone's first act is to order the murders of Lucchesi, Keinszig, and Gilday.

In return for being made Don, Vincent Corleone agrees to end his relationship with Mary.

That same night, Altobello's assassin, Mosca, accidentally kills Mary during an attempt on Michael's life, and Vincent Corleone kills Mosca with a single gunshot.

Vincent Corleone looks on, devastated, as Michael cradles Mary's dead body.