Jonah Hill Insisted on Auditioning for 'Superbad' Even After Seth Rogen Turned Him Down '100 Times'
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Frequently Asked Questions
Jonah Hill Played the Lead in ‘Superbad’
Superbad Was Originally Written by Rogen and His Friend and Creative Partner Evan Goldberg When They Were Teenagers. They Were the Same Ages as the Teens in the Film When They Finished Writing It, but Neither of Them Had the Hollywood Connections to Get It Made. by the Time Rogen and Goldberg Were in a Position to Actually Make the Movie, They Were Both Too Old to Play the Characters That Were Written After Themselves.
Seth Rogen Didn’t Want Jonah Hill for ‘Superbad’
Even Though Rogen Was Too Old to Portray an 18-Year-Old, Hill Was Also in His 20S, Just a Year Younger Than Rogen Himself. According to Vanity Fair, That’s Why Rogen Didn’t Want Hill for the Part. It Took Convincing, but Hill Eventually Made It Clear He Could Play Young Better Than Rogen. Goldberg Told Vanity Fair That He and Rogen Turned Hill Down Many, Many Times. “Jonah Was Like, ‘I Should Play Seth. I Should Play Seth. I Should Play Seth. ’ and We Said No Like, 100 Times. ‘You Are Too Old Looking. ’ and He Said, ‘No, You’re Too Old Looking. I’m Not! I Can Do This with Makeup and Hair.'”
‘Superbad’ Is a Classic
There Are a Lot of Movies That Take Place on the Last Day of Senior Year. a Few Are Classics. Dazed and Confused, Superbad, and Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart Are Probably the Best Examples of the Genre. Like All Good Last Day of Senior Year Movies, Superbad Represented a Generation, with Loveable Characters and Quotable Lines to Boot.
