Question

What sort of people served as a model for characters in movies like Scarface and Little Caesar?

Answer 1

Both films portray the lives of criminals, members of criminal gangs, and their incursions into organized crime.

Little Caesar narrates the rise and decline of Rico Bandello, a thug who began his criminal career by executing small thefts and ended his existence as the head of the city's most important mafia gang.

In the case of Scarface, it tells the story of Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant in Miami in the 1980s, who begins as a small cocaine dealer until he becomes the king of that drug in Florida.

Answer 2

Mobs or gangsters served as a model for these type of movies. These films are usually dealing with organized crime, often times with the mafia.