Imagine, if you want, a world where Seth Rogen – an actor and writer known for everything, from “Freaks & Geeks” to “Superbad” and “Knocked Up” – appeared in “Gigli”, the 2003 film which can or not the fractured stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez for the first time. Apparently, this kind of fact almost occurred, and Rogen claims that his hearing is so deeply offensive that if someone found the band, he would be ruined forever.
At this stage, I would like to express the idea that Rogen has accumulated enough cultural good will by being just a guy apparently good – does not look any further than his continuous and passionate support for the research and care of Alzheimer provided by the government, as a single example – but it is probably Just that this video can never see daylight. You see, the role that Rogen auditioned is Brian, a mentally challenged young man who was finally played by Justin Bartha.
“It’s been a long time”, ” Rogen told Jimmy Kimmel in the eponymous show of the host at the end of the eveningspecifically referencing that he no longer has to audition roles. “And thank God, it was mainly physical VHS cassettes and things like that which were used when I auditioned for things, because the things I auditioned, retrospectively, if they were there in the world, they would end my career very, very quickly, I think.”
“I auditioned for this boy with a cognitive handicap,” said Rogen about his hearing “Gigli”. “And I don’t think the script was written according to today’s standards, it would be the most sensitive representation of a boy with a cognitive handicap.” So what exactly arrived In Rogen’s “Gigli” hearing, according to the actor?
Seth Rogen says that his hearing for Gigli was deeply offensive – and would cause him so many problems today
As Seth Rogen explained it to Jimmy Kimmel, he was a little starred by the director of “Gigli”, Martin Brest, who is known for works like “Beverly Hills Cop”, “Scent of a Woman” and “Meet Joe Black”. (With this information in mind, it is important to remember that Rogen was always trying to really “do it” in the industry.) “I wanted to leave an impression,” said Rogen before explaining precisely why his hearing was so poorly executed.
“I do not think I have worn a helmet in the hearing itself, but it was at stake,” said Rogen, soaking this revelation with his signing laugh. “And I’m tempted to make an impression on what I did, but I can’t even do it. I can’t. I can’t. It is how bad it was. It’s so bad. I don’t even dare to portray what I did in this hearing. Because I went for that. I saw myself in the Oscars.”
“In truth, if this band had come out [in] The world today would be the last interview you have ever seen me, “Rogen concluded”. Apart from, like my excuse tour. Please, if you have it, burn it. Please sell it to me. I will buy it. “”
I will also speak honestly and say that Rogen is so lucky It was not sunk into “Gigli”, because this film is zero. Not only is it the flop that landed in Brest in the director’s prison and ended his career (After studio’s interference, has radically changed whatever the original vision of the film director, he lost creative control and essentially left Hollywood), but “Gigli” is also one of the most infamous failures in the history of cinema. Not only did this earn $ 7 million on a budget that exceeded $ 70 million, but it was a critical bomb to start and still has a fairly depressing 6% Rotten tomatoes.
These days, Seth Rogen is not “canceled” … and goes very well
I think it is quite sure to say that Seth Rogen’s career would probably have been good even if he had appeared in “Gigli”, but he is lucky to have dodged this cinematographic ball … and since 2003, he has been doing Alright. Alongside his writing partner and childhood friend Evan Goldberg, Rogen wrote successes like “Superbad” (Where he does not play his young me, Seth, but gives Jonah Hill this role and depicts a truly clownic cop alongside Bill Hader), “This is the end”, “Pineapple Express” and the controversial comedy “The Interview”. He also appeared in fairly important films (Including a dramatic turn in the autobiographical film of Steven Spielberg “The Fabelmans”), and, to date, he now accumulates distinctions for his Apple TV + “The Studio” series.
On this series, which Rogen created alongside Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez, he plays Matt Remick, a Fictional Continental Studios in Hollywood who ends up directing the whole society. Although he honorably proposes to make films with artistic merit, this objective takes a rear seat after having said that he had to produce a “Kool-Aid film” for pure financial viability. From there, while the first season of the show continues, Matt de Rogen tries to find a certain balance between his desire to support artistic integrity and the unfortunate need to make films with really absurd consonance for the masses. The fact is that Rogen probably really wanted this role in “Gigli” behind when, but he was able to carve out his career by writing and creating his own roles and projects in the years since he bothered this hearing … And overall, I would say that his offensive hearing was probably a very twisted blessing in disguise.
“The studio” is in trouble on Apple TV + now.
