Al Pacino says his one-year-old son Roman is “learning new things” and has “come into the world a little more” as he gets older.
The Scarface actor became one of the oldest known new parents in the world when his girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 30, gave birth to Roman in June 2023.
Now their baby is a toddler and Al is mindful of the legacy he will leave for his youngest son.
He revealed that Roman’s arrival was part of the impetus that prompted him to write his memoir Sonny Boy, which will be published next week.
In the book, the Oscar-winning actor has written a passage “reflecting on” his little boy, he revealed in a new interview with the New York Times.
Al Pacino says his one-year-old son Roman is “learning new things” and has “come into the world a little more” as he gets older; Pictured at the Oscars in March.
The Godfather star revealed that Roman was “one of the reasons, of course,” why he decided to put his story on the covers.
“And that’s been a campaign for me to stay a little longer if possible,” added Al, who suffered a near-fatal bout with COVID-19 in 2020.
When asked if her decision to have a baby at age 83 was because she had come face to face with her own mortality, Al was taken aback.
‘Wow, that was something. I really have to think about that. I don’t know. Maybe? I don’t even understand it,’ he said, leaving the door open to the possibility.
When Roman gets old enough to start watching his father’s movies, Al thinks he should “start with” the Adam Sandler comedy Jack and Jill.
The 2011 Thanksgiving game features Al in a cameo playing himself, acting in a parody of a cheesy Dunkin’ Donuts commercial.
‘I think that’s funny. It came at a time in my life that I needed it, because it was after I discovered that I didn’t have any more money. My accountant was in prison and needed something quickly. So I took this,’ Al recalled.
In 2010, Al’s former financial advisor, Kenneth Starr, was sentenced to seven years in prison for a series of charges including money laundering and fraud.
The Scarface actor became one of the oldest known new parents in the world when his girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 30, gave birth to Roman in June 2023.
Al was recently praised as an “amazing” father by his girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 30, who had their baby last year; the couple appears in the photo from August 2023
Kenneth, who had boasted a string of celebrity clients over the years, was found to have run a $33 million Ponzi scheme and was dubbed the “mini-Madoff.”
Apparently, Jack and Jill was a necessary lucky break for Al in the wake of the scandal, although the film had an adverse side effect.
‘There’s one thing I do in that movie: I was hired to do a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial. Do you know how many people think I did that commercial? Al marveled.
Their new interview came two months after Noor made a rare public comment about their family equation, praising Al’s skills as a father.
She has remained steadfastly private about her son, rarely allowing his face to be shown to the public, but described him as a “combination” of her and Al.
While in Beverly Hills in August, she was asked if she would ever consider marrying Al and she gave a surprising answer. TMZ.
Noor had previously commented that she had no intention of going down the aisle with Al, describing herself as “not the type to get married” in November 2023.
However, during her August interview, she was asked again if she could get married, and this time she responded, “I don’t know.”
When Roman gets old enough to start watching his father’s movies, Al thinks he should “start on” the Adam Sandler comedy Jack And Jill (pictured).
Noor and Al have been romantically involved since at least April 2022, but were friends long before that; she is pictured in July 2022
Noor, who was reportedly born in Kuwait but raised in Beverly Hills, has full physical custody of Roman but shares legal custody with Al.
Under the terms of their agreement, Al provided Noor with an initial child support payment of $110,000, according to court documents.
He also had to pay her at least $30,000 a month (a sum that could increase depending on his income) plus $15,000 a year for an education fund.
Al also has three adult children: Julie, 34, with acting coach Jan Tarrant, and twins Anton and Olivia, 23, with actress Beverly D’Angelo, daughter of Coal Miner.
Noor and Al have been romantically involved since at least April 2022, but were friends long before then and became especially close during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
“Al lives near my house and we started spending every day together, playing chess and watching movies,” he explained to Vogue Arabia.
‘It was like film school with Al Pacino. “Have you ever seen Scarface?” he asked me. “No,” I replied, “I know the lines though. Say hello to my little friend.”
His “favorite” movie was Bobby Deerfield, a little-known 1977 romantic drama starring him alongside Swiss actress Marthe Keller, whom he dated.
When Noor was 22, she famously had a relationship with Mick Jagger, then 74, but she insisted their age difference “didn’t matter to me”.
When Noor became pregnant, Al was allegedly shocked and demanded a DNA test to prove his paternity because he thought he could not father a child due to his health problems, sources claimed. TMZ.
It was reported that Noor granted Al’s request and agreed to undergo the test, establishing that the baby was his.
When Noor was 22, she famously had a relationship with Mick Jagger, then 74, but she insisted their age difference “didn’t matter to me”.
She explained: ‘The heart does not know what it sees, it only knows what it feels. It was my first serious relationship, but it was a happy time for me.’
Noor added that Mick was in “very good shape” for his age and described him as “a lot fitter than me.” I really respect that he is so disciplined,’ via Hello! magazine.
He has never been married, but has been involved with a number of stars, including actresses Tuesday Weld and Jill Clayburgh and supermodel Veruschka.
Al also had an on-again, off-again romance with Diane Keaton, his love interest in The Godfather trilogy, who tried to persuade him to marry her but never succeeded.
She has said that she “worked hard” to get him to commit and finally left him in 1990, the year The Godfather Part III came out, after giving him an ultimatum.
Diane revealed that she “was crazy about him” when they met while filming the original Godfather movie in 1971, she said. People.
‘Charming, hilarious, a non-stop talker. “There was an aspect of him that was like a lost orphan, like this kind of crazy idiot savant,” he said.. ‘And oh, beautiful!’