14 Facts About Tony Montana and 'Scarface'

[SPOILERS] It will go down as one of the most ICONIC movie that rappers will namedrop in their songs.

Brian DePalma's '80s classic, Scarface, is the Hollywood true story documentary on a Cuban refugee making his way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and he's homebound. 

Al Pacino played Tony Montana who is dropped into 1980s Miami with literally nothing and he and his best friend rise to the top and rule the drug game.

But the drug kingpin hits a snag or two...

Here are 14 things you never had any idea about from Scarface. Starting with...

1. Al Pacino didn't want Michelle Pfeiffer to be his bitter trophy wife.

I mean, she'd just starred in Grease 2. In a shared interview, Scarfaceproducer Martin Bregman said that he had a good feeling about her. Pacino responded, "Because I probably would have said no," to which Bregman said, "You didsay no!"

2. The writer, Oliver Stone, had a cocaine addiction when he wrote the script about the coke wars in Miami...

AKA he had insight into what the drug did to users. Stone even moved to Paris to try and kick the habit because it was harder to get the drug there.

3. The movie crew had to move to L.A. because EVERYONE in Miami HATED the crew.

Two weeks into shooting, there were protests by the local Cuban-American community. The Miami Tourist Board declined the request to film there fearing MORE backlash.

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