Andy Richter has been all around Hollywood, so it's not surprising to hear he's rubbed shoulders with many acting greats. That said, when The Masked Singer revealed he once shared the screen with the iconic star of The Godfather , Marlon Brando, I had to do some searching and figure out when the hell that happened. Suffice it to say, I only had more questions when I learned it was from Scary Movie 2 .
Fortunately, Richter was able to talk about the experience and the wild contract stipulation that came along with it. I had the honor to talk to Richter after blessing the Fall TV schedule with his presence via The Masked Singer Season 12. After a question about an erroneous guess inspired a story about him encountering Jay Leno in a diner , we talked Marlon Brando and Scary Movie 2 .
Though Richter eventually starred alongside James Woods in the Exorcist -spoofing opening scene, Brando was the iniital choice. The latter duo filmed a solid amount of scenes for the parody that were ultimately cut once Brando dropped out of the movie due to declining health. Richter confirmed the experience was as surreal as it sounded when I asked about it, saying: Absolutely.
I couldn't believe it. And it was one of the reasons why I was excited to do [the movie]. That segment of the movie, it's only like four minutes, and at one point, it was 40 pages because they just kept writing bits and jokes and bits and jokes and just not cutting anything.
It was, I mean, it was a lot of fun to do the mov.