With visitor stars like Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard and Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen‘s new collection makes use of each cameo.
The Golden Globe nominee defined that getting rejected by stars “occurred quite a bit” whereas casting his Apple TV+ present The Studio, to the purpose that they “actually didn’t shoot” one episode that referred to as for a particular actor.
“There have been lots of people who, in the event that they stated no, we’d should reimagine the entire episode to some extent,” stated Rogen on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast.
“The one individuals we didn’t get have been a pair scheduling points, after which there have been two individuals who simply essentially weren’t occupied with enjoying themselves,” he added. “None of them might do it once we wanted them. So we actually didn’t shoot the episode.”
Most lately, The Studio featured a cameo from Smile (2022) and Smile 2 (2024) auteur Parker Finn, whom is courted to make a ripoff of his personal franchise, entitled Wink. For Rogen, the half wouldn’t have labored with anybody else.
“Not solely are they well-known individuals, however the position they occupy in Hollywood could be very particular for every particular person. There’s him and nobody else,” defined Rogen. “We wanted the director of a horror franchise that’s replicable in one other, shittier means. And we have been like, who does Smile? Parker Finn! We thought, M3GAN possibly, nevertheless it’s not fairly the identical factor. What we appreciated about Smile is that he saved doing them. If Parker Finn had stated no, I don’t know what we might have carried out.”
