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| After strong supporting work in flicks like "You, Me and Dupree" and "Anchorman," funnyman Seth Rogen finally gets his first starring role in the comedy "Knocked Up," which finishes filming this week in Las Vegas. The flick, due in 2007, boasts some significant cameos thanks to Katherine Heigl's character — an entertainment reporter whose ambitions come to a screeching halt when Rogen's slacker character gets her pregnant. "Because she works at E!, we have a lot of celebrities who were nice enough to come in and play themselves," Rogen revealed, adding that they cornered the unknowing celebs, including Owen Wilson, Steve Carell, Eva Mendes and Orlando Bloom. "We just planted ourselves on the red carpets, and when people came up, we said, 'Will you shoot a two-minute scene for our movie, wherein you make an inappropriate comment about her pregnant belly?' And most people were nice enough to do it." ... |
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| Quirky moviemaker JUDD APATOW shot a mockumentary, which features him firing ORLANDO BLOOM and JAMES FRANCO, while filming his new comedy KNOCKED UP. The 40-Year-Old Virgin director plans to release his 'Search For Seth' movie as part of the film's DVD release this Christmas (07). The film suggests chubby 40-Year-Old Virgin star Seth Rogen wasn't the first choice to play the unlikely romantic lead in Knocked Up - and Apatow went through a string of top names before finding his man. The director explains, "It's about how Seth Rogen was the 10th choice to play the lead. During our shoot we would have actors come and perform a scene and then I would fire them. "We had Orlando Bloom auditioning and James Franco did it. There's a moment in the film where I thought I should be the lead as an actor/director. "It was this whole documentary about how hard it was to find Seth." |
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| THE LIST of things you never wanted to see - bovine rape, a sequel to "Good Luck Chuck" - add a chubby Seth Rogen calmly eating dinner shirtless, his pointy man-boobs on glorious full display. It's just one of the funny and random extras on the two-disc edition of the "Knocked Up" DVD, which comes loaded with more than three hours of outtakes, mockumentaries and behind-the-scenes footage. We waded through it all and picked 10 of the most inspired moments and lines. If you don't have a friend with a beard, get one! There's gags galore for mocking the shaving challenged.......... .........6. "Finding Ben Stone" is a fake documentary in which director Judd Apatow chronicles his search for Rogen's character. He clashes and ultimately fires a list of leads, including Orlando Bloom and Michael Cera from "Arrested Development," whom Apatow taunts, "Your show isn't even on the air anymore!" Read more HERE |
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| The best is a lengthy feature called "Finding Ben Stone." Apatow narrates the fruitless and searingly funny (and completely fictional) search for a lead actor to play Ben. He tries young Michael Cera (from "Arrested Development") who erupts in plumes of volcanic ego. He tries Orlando Bloom, who refuses to lose the accent. |