Cameron Diaz Didn't Want to Do 'Hair Gel' Scene in 'There's Something About Mary'

[Brian Damage]

LOS ANGELES — Cameron Diaz didn't want to do the infamous "hair gel" scene in "There's Something About Mary."

"I didn't want to do it because I was so worried it would discredit Mary," she said at Wednesday's AFI Night at the Movies, which screeened "There's Something About Mary."

"We didn't use natural product ... I remember walking across the street from my trailer to the set with my hair sticking up for that scene and traffic stopped. People were wondering what was wrong with me," she said.

In fact, she almost didn't do the movie at all.

"My agent and manager thought that doing this film was an insane move — I was told it would be the end of my career," Diaz said before the screening. "But it has been the highlight of my career and my personal life."

Diaz, 36, was also brought to tears and comforted by close friends at the event after reflecting on her late father's cameo appearance in the film.

"He's in it for two seconds, but it's all we have of him immortalized," she said through watering eyes.

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