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  • 7/4/2025
THR pulls Seth Rogen aside for some "Off Script" moments ahead of his THR Roundtable interview and reveals why the movie 'Home Alone' made him want to become an actor. Plus, he reveals who helped inspire stories for his Apple TV+ show 'The Studio.'

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00:00Honestly, it's probably Home Alone.
00:09I think because it's one of the first movies I saw where like a kid was the star.
00:13It almost seemed like it was written by a kid.
00:15It really inspired me.
00:16And I remember after I saw Home Alone is when I first started trying to write a movie.
00:21I feel like I'm in a therapy session like unearthing like a repressed memory
00:25that I have not literally thought about since I, whatever, what year did Home Alone come about? 1990 maybe?
00:30I was maybe eight or nine years old.
00:33I was also a big Three Ninjas fan, which honestly similar vein as Home Alone.
00:38I like movies with kids beating up adults.
00:40And so I think it was my take on a kids beating up adults movie, yeah.
00:46Amy Pascal for sure had some of the best stories.
00:49And she is I think one of the longest running, if not the longest running studio heads in Hollywood history.
00:54Like she was in charge of Sony for a very long time and saw many different like eras of film come and go
01:03and different trends and all that.
01:06And she worked with everybody.
01:08And she's someone that we were very close with and very good friends with her.
01:11She was willing to be very honest with us and have a lot of candor, you know.
01:15And so she really gave us a lot that was incredibly helpful and inspirational for the show.
01:22Yeah.
01:23I don't spend a lot of time in my trailer in general.
01:25And I sometimes go into other actors' trailers and I'm like, whoa, you've got a whole thing in here.
01:30I put an espresso, I have an espresso machine in my trailer because I drink a lot of caffeine throughout the day.
01:35And a little speaker where I listen to music sometimes.
01:41And that's sparkling wine.
01:43Literally, I don't have much in my trailer at all.
01:45I spend no time in my trailer.
01:46I wouldn't even get changed in my trailer.
01:48I had a little tent on set where I got changed.
01:50So I don't need much.
01:52Take us through the eras of what a Seth Rogen type might be.
01:54I think at one point it was like a schlubby stoner type.
01:56Okay.
01:57We evolved into like a neurotic middle-aged Jewish type.
02:00Those are the roles I give myself consistently, so.
02:03Music
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