Shirley MacLaine turned down the role of Chris Macneill in order to make the similar, though much less successful, Legame di sangue (1972). Ironically, the characters of Chris MacNeil and Regan were based on her and her daughter Sacchi, who Blatty knew. Maclaine is well aware of this and has talked about it in interviews.

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