What Happened to Joe Pesci in Once Upon a Time in America?

What happened to Joe Pesci in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America? The gangster movie stars Robert De Niro, James Woods and Joe Pesci (Goodfellas & Casino), but Pesci appears in one scene as mobster Frank Molandi, and he then appears briefly near the end of the film, but his appearances is strange and doesn't seem to have a reason to exist. So what happened? Where did Joe Pesci go in Once Upon a Time in America? BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cinerant... BECOME A MEMBER:    / @cineranter   SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=8580945 FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER:   / cineranter   FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM:   / cineranter1   FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK:   / cineranter