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 Seth Rogen
Interview By: Rocco Passafuime The tradition of the Hollywood comedy has always been more emphasized on the standard set-up joke-punchline with story and characters built around that. But one of the forebearers that have sought to change this comedic tradition is Seth Rogen. Rogen started out as a burgeoning young actor on the short-lived cult TV favorites Freaks And Geeks and Undeclared. He also showed his talent as a writer of comedy for both Undeclared and HBO’s edition of Da Ali G Show. Impressed with Seth’s talents, Judd Apatow, who he worked with as creator of Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared, brought him onboard Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, which he produced, and The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which he directed. By last year, Rogen became comedy’s unquestioned breakout star, both in acting with Knocked Up, as well as in co-writing with Superbad. Now Rogen hopes to continue his momentum as one of the new faces of comedy with his latest film Pineapple Express, which he both stars in as stoner Dale Denton and co-writes. The film is one of the most unusual comedies of its kind, combining the stoner flick with elements of both the action and buddy movie. The 26 year-old newcomer-turned-virtual-wunderkind first explained to us how he managed to actually approach a major Hollywood studio with such an unusual film. “We went to them with this pretty much right after Superbad,” Seth recalls, “I think we started shooting this literally three weeks after we finished shooting Superbad. It was very close to one another. Superbad was getting made, we were shooting it at that point and it was looking good and they pretty much wanted a Superbad sequel. We said, ‘No, but we have this other movie if you really want to make one.’” “They gave us no real notes and it’s a cheap enough movie that they kind of let us do whatever we wanted,” he continues, “Amy Pascal, the head of the studio, pretty much admitted to me that the first test screening, she did not get the movie. And she was not sure if it was a terrible idea or a good idea, but she decided to let us go for it and she loves it thankfully, but every time we watch it, I’m shocked we got away with it. To me, it’s crazy and I can’t believe we had as little involvement as we did with the studio and they really, God bless them, just let us make a crazy movie. We ignored pretty much [the only note, “no blood on the face”].” The original stoner flicks like the Cheech & Chong are more known for their niche and warped sense of humor than their characters or stories. However, in the last few years, the traditionally low bar of the stoner comedy genre has been raised to unusually high levels by more ambitious films like Half-Baked and the Harold & Kumar series. We wondered what, from the seeming pool (or cesspool, depending on your preference) ... |
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