Diane Keaton: Her romance with Al Pacino – “He will always regret not marrying her,” says a friend

The actress, who passed distant connected Saturday astatine 79, was Pacino’s “beloved” successful the iconic Godfather trilogy, though their real-life romance began successful 1974. They yet broke up successful 1990 erstwhile Keaton gave him an ultimatum to marry, which helium didn’t accept.

According to the Daily Mail, the present 85-year-old Pacino wishes helium had joined her. “I cognize helium volition ever regret not making his determination erstwhile helium had the chance,” a person said. For years aft their split, Pacino utilized to say, “If it’s meant to be, it’s ne'er excessively precocious for a 2nd chance. Unfortunately, present it is,” the person added. He admitted Diane was the large emotion of his life, ever calling her “an astonishing woman.”

Despite surviving successful adjacent Beverly Hills homes, the 2 ne'er spoke again. A root said, “I erstwhile asked him why, and helium said ‘There’s nary crushed to talk. We said what needed to beryllium said backmost then.’”

In a 2017 interrogation with the Sunday Times, Keaton said successful retrospect it was amended that they ne'er married. “I didn’t adjacent privation him to propose. I conscionable thought astatine immoderate constituent helium would wed me. I thought, ‘Don’t adjacent propose, let’s conscionable bash it.’ But it ne'er happened, and successful the end, it was a blessing for some of us. It would person been a nightmare for him.”

The Oscar-winning histrion admitted that though determination was love, they weren’t compatible arsenic a couple. “We’re some eccentric. He needed a pistillate to instrumentality attraction of him, I needed a antheral to instrumentality attraction of me… It was important to fto each different go, to accidental goodbye. But it wasn’t my choice.”

Keaton revealed she fell madly successful emotion with Pacino during the filming of the archetypal Godfather successful 1972. “I was brainsick astir him. Charming, hilarious, unstoppable successful his speech. He had thing undefinable, similar a mislaid orphan, a genius but chaotic person. And of course, gorgeous.”

Keaton ne'er joined but adopted 2 children, Dexter (29) and Duke (25). Pacino remains unmarried with 4 children: Julie Marie, twins Anton and Olivia, and his youngest, Roman.

In a uncommon nationalist quality successful 2017, Pacino honored Keaton astatine the 45th American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award. “You are an artist, Di,” helium said emotionally connected stage, adding, “You are a large artist… I emotion you, forever.”