“Auditioning is embarrassing in the best of times,” Rogen said, “Add the fact that one of my best friends is watching me do it and that we’re both reading for rappers from Detroit, which we could not have been less right for.
Looking back, Rogen can see it all worked out for the best. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. We just excused ourselves and saw ourselves out, tears streaming down our faces.” As soon as one of us started the scene, the other would lose it… It was so silly, we couldn’t finish. We literally couldn’t make it through the auditions. “I started laughing hysterically,” Rogen admitted. We did not find results for: Maybe you would like to learn more about one of these We did not find results for: Maybe you would like to learn more about one of these Check spelling or type a new query. RELATED: Seth Rogen Once Had A Bizarre Dinner Where Nicolas Cage Delivered A Monologue In A Jamaican Accent We did not find results for: Check spelling or type a new query.
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However, having his pal as his scene partner became problematic when the dialogue they were reading made them crack each other up, such as “Yo, yo, mothaf**ka! It’s Chedda! What up, b***h!” and “Yo, yo, Rabbit! You gotta record your s**t at Paisley Park, yo!” “We had a sleepover at my apartment the night before the auditions so we could rehearse and then carpooled to the audition together.” “We asked our agents if our auditions could be scheduled one right after the other, so that one of us could audition for Cheddar, with the other reading the Rabbit part, and then we’d switch,” Rogen wrote. “Which is f**king nuts,” Rogen said in an interview with The Wrap.Īs a result, Rogen invited pal Jason Segel (with whom he’d co-starred in “Freaks & Geeks”) to read with him, which is when he learned Segel was also auditioning for the same role. RELATED: Seth Rogen Looks Back At Moment He Was ‘Humiliated’ While Trying To Meet Beyoncé In his new memoir Yearbook, Rogen writes about trying out for the role of Cheddar Bob, dimwitted sidekick of Eminem’s B-Rabbit (the role ultimately went to Evan Jones), recalling the experience as “the weirdest audition I ever did.”īecause the movie’s casting director was uncomfortable with the actor’s “rappery” delivery of dialogue, auditioners were instructed to bring a friend to run their lines with. Had things gone another way, Seth Rogen could have made his film debut opposite Eminem in “8 Mile” - had his audition not gone horribly wrong. Seth Rogen - Photo: Amy Sussman/FilmMagic/Getty Images