Marlon Wayans Reveals Melissa Joan Hart Was Supposed To Play Anna Faris’ Role In ‘Scary Movie’ https://t.co/VYCE3L6kTw
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-Marlon Wayans revealed that Melissa Joan Hart was originally cast as Cindy in Scary Movie. She even was supposed to get on a plane to start filming before getting the bad news to stay grounded.
-Keenen Ivory Wayans saw Anna Faris audition and ended up fighting for her to get the role despite being a complete unknown
-Scary Movie would go on to make Anna a huge movie star with various box office hits while MJH would go on to do Melissa & Joey after Sabrina ended before being relegated to small tv films here and htere