Ray Liotta claims Frank Sinatra’s daughters sent him a horse head
On “Jay Leno’s Garage,” Wednesday, actor Ray Liotta revealed that while playing the role of Frank Sinatra in the film “The Rat Pack” he received a fake severed horse head. The gesture was made famous in the film “The Godfather,” and is meant to convey a warning. While at first he couldn’t imagine who would be upset about him playing Sinatra, he soon figured it out.
“It turned out that his daughters sent it,” Liotta said. “The daughters, they wanted me to do a mini-series when they were doing a mini-series about it. And I just felt too uncomfortable. And then I played Sinatra in a movie called “The Rat Pack.”
Tina and Nancy Sinatra sent the fake head as a joke, apparently. Liotta recalled them saying, “Oh, you could do this one, but you couldn't do the one that we wanted you to?"
Video transcript
[WHOOSH]
RAY LIOTTA: We were doing the movie. And I got delivered a horse's head. Obviously, it wasn't a real one. But it was a horse's head. And horse's head means your toast.
JAY LENO: Right, right.
KYLIE MAR: On "Jay Leno's Garage" Wednesday, actor Ray Liotta revealed that while playing the role of Frank Sinatra in the film, "The Rat Pack," he received a severed horse head, which is a Mafia warning made famous in the film, "The Godfather." And while at first he couldn't imagine who would be upset about him playing Sinatra, he soon figured it out.
RAY LIOTTA: The daughters, they wanted me to do the miniseries when they were doing miniseries about it. And I just felt too uncomfortable. And then I played Sinatra in a movie called "The Rat Pack."
JAY LENO: I remember that. Yeah, you were good.
KYLIE MAR: Sinatra's daughter, Tina and Nancy, sent the actor the head as a joke because he chose to play Sinatra in the film instead of their miniseries. And they still respected him because he did it his way.
RAY LIOTTA: It turned out that his daughters sent it, said oh, you could do this one. But you couldn't do the one that we wanted you to.
[LAUGHTER]
