Hollywood Plays Itself in Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’
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Actor, writer, director, and producer Seth Rogen came up in an age of abundance—a Hollywood that made big-budget comedies with box office success: The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express. That era recently inspired his new Apple TV+ show The Studio.
On the heels of the series’ premiere, Rogen joins us to discuss its key influences (6:15 ), from Robert Altman’s The Player to The Larry Sanders Show (13:25 ), the evolving state of “show business” (15:36 ), and a life-changing piece of advice from director and producer Judd Apatow (25:00 ).
On the back-half, we dive into his early years writing comedy in Vancouver (25:57 ), formative memories making Freaks and Geeks (33:19 ), and how This Is the End, the meta-comedy from 2013, was a precursor to this latest project (43:18 ) and solidified his enduring creative partnership with Evan Goldberg (58:30 ).
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