Seth Rogen is one of the most prolific and entertaining comedic actors of his generation. The actor began his career performing stand-up comedy when he was just a teenager, but he soon made a big name for himself in the industry as he accepted some of the best roles that were tailor-made just for him. His voice and laid-back comedic style are what made his movies fun to watch.
His most memorable performance was in the 2007 film, Superbad that gained him a massive fanbase, and even after years, the movie feels fresh to watch. However, Seth Rogen shared that he had an awkward interaction with Kanye West during a gym session, where the rapper tried to showcase his love for the film while Rogen was working out.
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Seth Rogen’s Awkward Gym Session With Kanye West
Released in 2007, Superbad is an iconic movie for people with unique tastes. The movie tells the story of two high school teenagers having separation anxiety after their plans for their high school party fail to take place. In the film, Seth Rogen played the iconic role of Officer Michaels, which made people a big fan of his work, which often led to weird interactions, sometimes with celebrities.
During an interview available on YouTube, Rogen shared that Kanye West and he used to share the same personal trainer and how his session was right before West. In one of the sessions, the Flashing Lights singer arrived two minutes before his session, and while Rogen was working out, he shared that he knew Superbad word for word which was one of his weirdest interactions with rappers.
“I used to work out with the same personal trainer as Kanye West. My session was right before his and he showed up like 20 minutes early, it’s like a room like this, like with gym equipment in it. It was in a guy’s garage essentially and for 20 minutes, I worked out with the trainer as Kanye literally just stood right next to me reciting scenes from Superbad word for word. I worked with Eminem once and he’s like ‘I know the entire movie Superbad word for word’ and he started doing it to prove it. That’s actually happened to me a few time by rappers.”
Rogen’s hilarious interaction with the Heartless singer was one of the funniest celebrity interactions, as the film featured numerous laugh-worthy scenes. But most of the hilarious scenes in the scenes were real-life stories from Seth Rogen’s life when he was in high school.
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Seth Rogen Added Real-life Incidents in Superbad
The 2007 film was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, which was a massive hit. The film featured several hilarious interactions between the characters that would surely make the audience until their bellies started to ache, as some were quite bizarre to watch. During an exclusive interview with GQ, the comedian shared more light on this,
“Me and Evan Goldberg started writing Superbad when we were in high school and we incorporated a lot of our real-life high school stories. I mean, the character’s names are Seth and Evan, after me and Evan. The period blood happened, we were at a high school dance and we were in the locker room afterwards. It essentially played out almost exactly like how it does in the movie.”
Rogen added,
“There’s a scene where the youngest guys at, like a party full of older guys who start doing coke, that happened to me and Evan. I did stand-up comedy as a kid, so I would hang out with the stand-up comics sometimes when I was like 16. And one time we went to a party at one of their houses and they all started doing coke. It was a lot like the scene in the movie. You can’t think of that, that has to happen.”
These hilarious experiences proved to be a gem for the viewers as it was something that they had never seen before in a film, establishing itself as a comedic gem.
Superbad can be streamed on DIRECTV.
