Johnny Ola's cut finger in The Godfather 2 - accident or what?

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I noticed something in The Godfather: Part II when, during Hyman Roth's birthday cake presentation, Johnny Ola seems to cut his finger when preparing to cut the cake. He grabs a napkin to wrap the finger, and holds the finger to his mouth. The next scene, he's leaning on the rail as though it never happened, and nothing more is ever made of the event. Was this a plot point I missed, or a real accident, or what?



Best Answer

He didn't cut himself, he got some white icing on his finger after messing around with the cake (taking the sparkler off and rearranging it) and he licked it off and then wiped it with his napkin.

Source: I watched the scene in HD just now. :) It's definitely white and not blood.




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How was Johnny Ola killed?

Johnny Ola is strangled by Bussetta.

Did Fredo know it was a hit?

We know Fredo betrayed Michael by working with Hyman Roth and Johnny Ola. What exactly did he do though? He says he didn't know it was going to be a hit and that he was only trying to help the family.

Why was Bussetta killed?

Amerigo Bussetta was a Sicilian mobster who was an enforcer of the Corleone crime family and a professional assassin who was hired to protect Michael Corleone on his business trip to Cuba, where he was killed in a botched assassination attempt on Hyman Roth.

Where did they film the Cuba scenes in Godfather 2?

The scenes that took place in Cuba were shot in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Charles Bluhdorn, whose Gulf+Western conglomerate owned Paramount, felt strongly about developing the Dominican Republic as a movie-making site. Forza d'Agr\xf2 was the Sicilian town featured in the film.



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