Maybe.
The folks over at BestWeekEver.tv are making a scholarly, well thought-out argument that Mel is an earthbound demon who can only escape this realm by making movies ... aaaand perhaps by receiving as much fellatio as possible. I know, pretty sound reasoning, eh?
Read it for yourself, but I'm on board with the theory. After all, a dude with this kind of facial is clearly either a spawn of Satan or just really good at making fried chicken.