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The ‘Scary Movie 6’ Cast ‘Hotboxed’ a Glass Box in the Middle of Times Square

Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans, and Ghostface staged a surreal promo stunt in NYC.

Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris and Marlon Wayans inside a glass box in Times Square, surrounded by a crowd. The box displays "Scary Movie" promotional material.
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The cast of Scary Movie 6 drew crowds to watch them "hotbox" inside a glass box in Times Square.

The event at Father Duffy Square in New York City on Monday (June 1), featured Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans alongside the film’s parody version of Ghostface, as fans gathered to watch them inside a giant glass box as “smoke” filled the air.

In recent interviews leading up to the new film, Marlon has also been speaking more broadly about what the Scary Movie franchise has always tried to do.

While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Marlon said, "If you look at everything we've done — I don't care if it's White Chicks, I don't care if it's Little Man — all our movies are set pieces and jokes. It's joke, joke, joke, joke, joke. If we have a movie that's an hour and a half, we really want 88 minutes of jokes and two minutes of heart."

Faris, who returns to the franchise after last appearing in 2006’s Scary Movie 4, told Extra: “I'm emotional about it. It's ridiculous. I never thought that Scary Movie and emotion would be combined in my brain."

She continued, "When they got their franchise taken away from them after Scary Movie 2' I went on to do Scary Movie 3 and '4,' and then years pass. I never got to thank Keenen [Ivory Wayans] and it always bothered me. It always bothered me, too, how, like, Hollywood didn't seem to understand comedy. … I got to be a part of this and thank them.”

Scary Movie 6, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall hits theaters on June 5.

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