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This ‘Godfather’ Star Almost Appeared in One of the Weirdest Comedies of the 2000s

The legendary actor was too ill to finish the job, unfortunately.

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2001’s Scary Movie 2 famously opens with James Woods playing a priest in a parody of The Exorcist, which had just been re-released in theaters a year earlier. Upon arriving at a house he’s been asked to perform an exorcism in, Woods, as Father McFeely, begins by blessing the place—meaning he goes and takes a violent crap in the upstairs bathroom. He then heads in to see a young girl believed to be possessed by the devil, whom he attempts to have sex with just prior to pulling out a gun and shooting her in the head. You can check out the entire opening segment below.

Memorable as Woods’s cameo ended up being, he very nearly missed out on doing it. As a matter of fact, the Wayans brothers had already cast Godfather star Marlon Brando in Woods’s role when the movie went into........

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