Greater than 20 years after the film that launched Bennifer, Seth Rogen lately recalled his audition for 2003’s Gigli.
The 3x Golden Globe nominee defined that he was “an aspiring younger actor” when he auditioned for the function of mentally challenged hostage Brian, who was in the end portrayed by Justin Bartha within the Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy crime flick.
“It has been a very long time,” he stated on Jimmy Kimmel Reside of the final time he auditioned. “And thank god it was largely bodily VHS tapes and stuff like that that was getting used once I was auditioning for issues, as a result of the issues I auditioned for, looking back, in the event that they had been on the market on this planet, they’d finish my profession very, very quick, I consider.”
Rogen recalled Gigli for example. “I auditioned for this boy with a cognitive incapacity. And I don’t suppose the script was written in what, by at present’s requirements, could be essentially the most delicate portrayal of a boy with a cognitive incapacity,” he famous.
Explaining that he was wanting to work with the movie’s “nice director” Martin Brest, Rogen stated, “I needed to go away an impression.”
“I don’t suppose I wore a helmet in to the audition itself, nevertheless it was at play,” he stated with fun. “And I’m tempted to do an impression of what I did, however I can’t even do it. I can’t. That’s how unhealthy it was. It’s so unhealthy. I dare not even painting what I did on this audition. As a result of I went for it. I noticed myself on the Oscars.”
Rogen added, “In truth, if that tape was out [in] the world at present, this is able to be the final interview you ever noticed me do. Aside from, like, my apology tour. Please, when you’ve got it, burn it. Please promote it to me. I’ll purchase it.”
The Studio star positively dodged a bullet, because the film barely surpassed $7 million globally, at the moment holding a 6% Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
