How To Fill Brando's Big Shoes

Posted Friday, May 4, 2001 at 10:44 AM Central

by John Couture

This seemingly impossible task is exactly what James Woods hopes to do in Scary Movie 2. Last month, word leaked out that Marlon Brando had agreed to film a cameo for the spoof sequel for a reported $2 million.

However, Brando never made it to his four day shoot as pneumonia hospialized him and forced him to back out of Scary Movie 2. With Brando out, producers scrambled to find someone else to perform a botched exorcism during the movie's opening moments. They settled on James Woods. No word as to whether he demanded the same $2 million payday...