Rogen’s drive to make a personal project first began while he acted inSteven Spielberg’s autobiographical filmThe Fabelmans.
“I was really enamored by how personal Steven made that story,” he recalls.
So I just started to think, ‘What would be my version of that bang out of show?’
Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders, Seth Rogen, and Ike Barinholtz in ‘The Studio’.Apple
I didn’t realize how much I needed it.
There’s an amazing quiet desperation in her that I had a lot of empathy for."
Am I making them better?
Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders, and Ike Barinholtz in ‘The Studio’.Apple
“We like things to really be almost in real time.
Hahn was astounded by that stylistic choice.
But pulling off the seemingly impossible magic trick of each oner yielded incredible satisfaction.
Seth Rogen in ‘The Studio’.Apple
“The vibe was so good.
That kind of environment is my favorite it was a very generous set.”
Rogen hopes that the show’s technical wizardry demonstrates the value of wild stylistic swings in comedies at large.
It shouldn’t just be reserved for stunts and for emotional upheavals.
It’s in camera.”
Hahn thinks that the show captures the never-ending anxiety of the contemporary entertainment industry.
“There’s this constant threat of, ‘Is my job going to go away tomorrow?
‘, and also ‘Is what I’m doing meaningful?
Is this what I started out believing in?
“So much of that is in this show.Andit’s just so f—ing hilarious.”
The Studiopremieres its first two episodes on March 26 on Apple TV+.
