Rosie O'Donnell reveals she turned down a role in Woody Allen's 1999 film Sweet & Lowdown TWICE

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Sexual misconduct allegations first surfaced against director Woody Allen in 1992, which drove many actors and actresses away from the filmmaker, including Rosie O'Donnell.The 60-year-old actress appeared on The Howard Stern Show this week, revealing that, despite blasting Allen in an HBO special a few years earlier, the director approached her for a role in 1999's Sweet & Lowdown.She revealed that she turned it down immediately, and did so again when the filmmaker persisted, which even lead to a friendship with his ex, Mia Farrow.

Allegations: Sexual misconduct allegations first surfaced against director Woody Allen in 1992, which drove many actors and actresses away from the filmmaker, including Rosie O'Donnell Role: The 60-year-old actress appeared on The Howard Stern Show this week, revealing that, despite blasting Allen in an HBO special a few years earlier, the director approached her for a role in 1999's Sweet & Lowdown'I had done an HBO special where I said everything about him.

And then I got on my show. So it's the first year of my show and I get a call and they said, 'He wants you to be in (Sweet and Lowdown),' O'Donnell began. 'I said, "Please send him my HBO special." And the woman said, "Oh he's already seen it." And I said, "Send it anyway with two words: F**k and no." And I sent it to him,' she continued.

Apparently that didn't stop Allen, with O'Donnell revealing his people called her back and said, 'He really wants you to do it.