Seth Rogen has claimed that Sony as soon as banned Jonah Hill from touching a PlayStation on-screen.
Talking on the pink carpet at South By South West, the Pineapple Specific actor was requested what probably the most ridiculous be aware he ever obtained from a studio was. A be aware is usually a minor demand made by a manufacturing firm throughout the manufacturing of a movie.
“On Superbad, we had been instructed that Jonah Hill’s character, Seth, was so reprehensible to the studio that they had been like, there’s a scene the place they’re enjoying video video games and (Sony) was like ‘Jonah can’t contact a PlayStation‘.”
Sony Photos co-financed the movie, which additionally starred Michael Cera, Christropher Mintz-Plasse, and Emma Stone.
“They had been like ‘we will’t have him work together with our merchandise, as a result of it’s too vile a personality’ and I used to be like ‘it’s primarily based on me, that’s very insulting’, however we accommodated them, finally.”
The scene in query sees Michael Cera’s character, Seth, play The Getaway: Black Monday on the PlayStation 2.
Superbad author Seth Rogen is a large fan of video video games and has been concerned in a number of video game-adjacent tasks over time. Most not too long ago, he offered the voice of Donkey Kong in Common’s Tremendous Mario Bros. Film.
Rogen and Superbad writing companion Evan Goldberg acquired the rights to Blake J. Harris’ guide Console Wars within the late 2010s, initially planning to adapt the story of Sega vs Nintendo right into a drama collection.
Nevertheless, the collection was later transtioned right into a documentary which aired in 2020.
