Seth Rogen was nearly a part of the notorious “Gigli” field workplace catastrophe. “The Studio” star and co-creator stated throughout “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” (in the beneath video) that he auditioned for the 2003 movie. The character Rogen learn for had a “cognitive incapacity” and was later performed by “The Hangover” actor Justin Bartha.
Now, Rogen is saying that if the audition tape ever leaks, his profession could possibly be over. “It has been a very long time,” Rogen stated. “And thank God it was largely bodily VHS tapes and stuff like that that was getting used when 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 in the world, they might finish my profession very, very quick, I imagine. […] Honestly, if that tape was out [in] the world right now, 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 will purchase it.”
At the time, “Freaks and Geeks” alum Rogen believed the “Gigli” function could possibly be Oscar-worthy, and he gave it his all for the audition. “I don’t assume the script was written in what, by right now’s requirements, could be the most delicate portrayal of a boy with a cognitive incapacity. […] I don’t assume I wore a helmet in to the audition itself, but it was at play,” Rogen stated. “And I’m tempted to do an impression of what I did, but I can’t even do it. I can’t. That’s how dangerous it was. It’s so dangerous. I dare not even painting what I did on this audition. As a result of I went for it. I noticed myself at the Oscars.”
“Gigli” was led by Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Martin Brest directed. Affleck starred as the title character Larry Gigli who’s tasked with kidnapping the brother (Bartha) of a district legal professional. The characteristic made solely $7 million off a manufacturing price range of $75 million.
Affleck later mirrored on the movie, telling Entertainment Weekly in 2022 that it was a “excellent storm” of a catastrophe, but one which partly led to him directing as a substitute. “It engendered quite a lot of unfavorable emotions in individuals about me,” Affleck stated. “There’s that side of those who I bought to see that was unhappy and onerous, it was miserable and actually made me query issues and really feel upset and have quite a lot of self-doubt. But when the response to ‘Gigli’ hadn’t occurred, I in all probability wouldn’t have in the end determined, ‘I don’t actually have some other avenue but to direct motion pictures,’ which has turned out to be the actual love of my skilled life. So in these methods, it’s a present. And I did get to satisfy Jennifer, the relationship with whom has been actually significant to me in my life.”
