Knocked Up
Knocked Up is Seth Rogen's first starring role after playing supporting parts in films and television series. He also serves as executive producer, upping his responsibilities for the conception comedy.
Seth Rogen on Knocked Up
"My duties were being near Judd [Apatow] at all times," said Rogan. "I told him, ‘I’m just going to give you my opinion until you tell me to shut up. And take what you have and take what you will and don’t take what you won’t.' Basically, I’m there throughout all the casting and all the meetings with the studio about the script. I helped as much as I could with the writing process and the re-writing process. There weren’t many on this movie, but on days I wasn’t acting, I’d come to set and think of some jokes for some of the other scenes in the movie and the other characters. And in editing, I’m involved giving notes and going to the preview screenings and doing what I can, keeping off the couch. And as far as the test screenings, I was at every single one. I’d kind of hang in the back, try not to laugh too loud, because people recognize my laugh, apparently. And luckily, it was a pretty pleasant test screening process, so people seemed to like it, it got good reactions. It didn’t make me want to kill myself, which makes it much nicer, I would say."
Knocked Up
Knocked Up
Rogen stars as Ben Stone, an unemployed stoner who gets a successful woman (Katherine Heigl) pregnant and steps up to help her keep the baby. The character is close to Rogen's heart, in that he's a Jew from Canada.
"Well, having no real skills, I always try to play characters close to myself. I don’t know. I say 'sorey' instead of 'sorry' and Judd just got tired of editing around it, I think. We embraced it on this one. Yeah, as much as I’d like to not play a Jew, this was the hand I was dealt, you know."
The film also incorporates many of Rogen's real life buddies like Jonah Hill, Martin Star and Jay Baruchel. "It’s funny that Martin’s the one with the beard because he’s the one who always gets sh*t from all of us and it really suits him so well to be this one guy who’s constantly getting it from all of us. And it’s those little things that really amuse me, especially watching it. And it’s really weird, his name is Martin in the movie. It’s very confusing in a way."
Knocked Up opens to
theatres June 1st.
For trailers, interviews, stills and more movie info, go to the Knocked
Up Movie Page.
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