Woody Allen on Woody Allen When Woody Allen , right , was enmeshed in scandal after his companion , Mia Farrow , discovered nude pictures of one of her adopted daughters , Soon-Yi Previn , and accused him of sexually abusing another girl in the family , Mr. Allen suggested to his casting director that Ms. Farrow would be just right for the role of his wife in his film '' Mighty Aphrodite '' -- about an adoptive father . ''