Seth Rogen was almost a part of the notorious ”Lily“Box Office disaster. The “studio” star and co -creator said under “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (In the video below) as he auditioned for 2003 film. The character Rogen read for had a “cognitive disability” and was later played by “The Hangover” actor Justin Bartha.
Now Rogen says that if the audition band ever leaks, his career may be over. “It’s been a long time,” Rogen said. “And thankfully, it was the most physical VHS bands and things used when trying out things, for the things I auditioned for, afterwards, if they were out in the world, they would end my career very, very quickly, I believe. (…) the truth. It for me.
At that time, “Freaks and Geek’s” Alum believed that the “gigli” role could be Oscar -worthy, and he gave everything for the audition. “I don’t think the script was written in what, according to today’s standards, would be the most sensitive portrayal of a boy with a cognitive disability. (…) I don’t think I wore a helmet in the audition itself, but it was played,” Rogen said. “And I’m tempted to make an impression of what I did, but I can’t even do it. I can’t. It’s so bad. It’s so bad. I dare not even portray what I did in this audition. Because I went for it. I saw myself at Oscars.”
“Gigli” was led by Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Martin Brest directed. Affleck played the lead role as the title character Larry Gigli, who has the task of kidnapping brother (Bartha) to a district lawyer. The function earned only $ 7 million on a $ 75 million production budget.
Affleck later reflected on the film and told Entertainment every week 2022 that it was a “perfect storm” of a disaster, but still one that partly led to him directing instead. “It created many negative feelings in people about me,” Affleck said. “There is the aspect of people I saw that was sad and difficult, it was depressing and really made me question things and feel disappointed and have a lot of self -doubt. But if the reaction to” gigli “had not happened, I probably would not have finally decided,” I have not really any other way but I have proven to be the real ” Not any other way but directing movies, “which has proven to be the real love of my professional life. Jennifer, the relationship with who has been really meaningful to me in my life.”
